29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy

convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work

therein: 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a

sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first

year; they shall be unto you without blemish: 29:9 And their meat

offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a

bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 29:10 A several tenth deal

for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 29:11 One kid of the goats

for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the

continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink

offerings.

29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an

holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a

feast unto the LORD seven days: 29:13 And ye shall offer a burnt

offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD;

thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first

year; they shall be without blemish: 29:14 And their meat offering

shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every

bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the

two rams, 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen

lambs: 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the

continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two

rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 And their

meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the

rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the

manner: 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the

continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their

drink offerings.

29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs

of the first year without blemish; 29:21 And their meat offering and

their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the

lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 And

one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and

his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs

of the first year without blemish: 29:24 Their meat offering and their

drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,

shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 And one

kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt

offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs

of the first year without spot: 29:27 And their meat offering and

their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the

lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 And

one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and

his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen

lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 And their meat offering

and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the

lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 And

one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his

meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen

lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 And their meat offering

and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the

lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 And

one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his

meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do

no servile work therein: 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a

sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock,

one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 Their

meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram,

and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the

manner: 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual

burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts,

beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt

offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings,

and for your peace offerings.

29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the

LORD commanded Moses.

30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the

children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath

commanded.

30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his

soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according

to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a

bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 30:4 And her father

hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her

father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and

every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not

any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul,

shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father

disallowed her.

30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered

ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 30:7 And her

husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard

it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her

soul shall stand.

30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it;

then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered

with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the

LORD shall forgive her.

30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith

they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a

bond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace

at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and

every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he

heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her

vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband

hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.

30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her

husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to

day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are

upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the

day that he heard them.

30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard

them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between

a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in

her youth in her father's house.

31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the children

of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy

people.

31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves

unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the

LORD of Midian.

31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,

shall ye send to the war.

31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a

thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them

and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy

instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded

Moses; and they slew all the males.

31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that

were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five

kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,

and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all

their flocks, and all their goods.

31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all

their goodly castles, with fire.

31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and

of beasts.

31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto

Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the

children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by

Jordan near Jericho.

31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the

congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the

captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from

the battle.

31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel

of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor,

and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill

every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying

with him, keep alive for yourselves.

31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath

killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both

yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and

all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to

the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded

Moses; 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the

tin, and the lead, 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall

make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it

shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth

not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall

be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of the

prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the

priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 31:27 And divide

the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who

went out to battle, and between all the congregation: 31:28 And levy a

tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one

soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of

the asses, and of the sheep: 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it

unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one

portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of

the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites,

which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded

Moses.

31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war

had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five

thousand sheep, 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 31:34

And threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35 And thirty and two

thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with

him.

31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to

war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty

thousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the

sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's

tribute was threescore and twelve.

31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which

the LORD's tribute was threescore and one.

31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's

tribute was thirty and two persons.

31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering,

unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from

the men that warred, 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the

congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven

thousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44 And thirty and six thousand

beeves, 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 31:46 And

sixteen thousand persons;) 31:47 Even of the children of Israel's

half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and

gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of

the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the

captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the

men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man

of us.

31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every

man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,

earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the

LORD.

31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all

wrought jewels.

31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the

LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds,

was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains

of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of

the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the

LORD.

32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very

great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and

the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake

unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the

congregation, saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah,

and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 Even

the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is

a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 32:5 Wherefore, said

they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto

thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of

Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 32:7

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from

going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 32:8 Thus

did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the

land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they

should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,

saying, 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from

twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto

Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly

followed me: 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and

Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made

them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,

that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase

of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward

Israel.

32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them

in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds

here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 32:17 But we

ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we

have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in

the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel

have inherited every man his inheritance.

32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or

forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan

eastward.

32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will

go armed before the LORD to war, 32:21 And will go all of you armed

over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from

before him, 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then

afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and

before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the

LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep;

and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto

Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,

shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 32:27 But thy servants will

pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my

lord saith.

32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and

Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the

children of Israel: 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of

Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every

man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued

before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a

possession: 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they

shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,

saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,

that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be

ours.

32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to

the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of

Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of

Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts,

even the cities of the country round about.

32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 And

Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and

Kirjathaim, 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,)

and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,

and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he

dwelt therein.

32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns

thereof, and called them Havothjair.

32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and

called it Nobah, after his own name.

33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went

forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of

Moses and Aaron.

33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by

the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to

their goings out.

33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the

fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the

children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the

Egyptians.

33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had

smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in

Succoth.

33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in

the edge of the wilderness.

33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth,

which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the

midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in

the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were

twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they

pitched there.

33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the

wilderness of Sin.

33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and

encamped in Dophkah.

33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was

no water for the people to drink.

33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness

of Sinai.

33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at

Kibrothhattaavah.

33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at

Hazeroth.

33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.

33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.

33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.

33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.

33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.

33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.

33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.

33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.

33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.

33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness

of Zin, which is Kadesh.

33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the

edge of the land of Edom.

33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment

of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children

of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the

fifth month.

33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he

died in mount Hor.

33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the

land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the

border of Moab.

33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.

33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.

33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the

mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in

the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto

Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan

near Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say

unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from

before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their

molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 33:53 And

ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein:

for I have given you the land to possess it.

33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among

your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and

to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's

inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to

the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from

before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain

of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and

shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I

thought to do unto them.

34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the children

of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan;

(this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even

the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 34:3 Then your south

quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of

Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea

eastward: 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent

of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be

from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and

pass on to Azmon: 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon

unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea

for a border: this shall be your west border.

34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall

point out for you mount Hor: 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out

your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the

border shall be to Zedad: 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron,

and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your

north border.

34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to

Shepham: 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on

the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach

unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 34:12 And the border

shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt

sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the

land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give

unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 34:14 For the tribe of

the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and

the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their

fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of

Manasseh have received their inheritance: 34:15 The two tribes and the

half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near

Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:17 These are the names

of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest,

and Joshua the son of Nun.

34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land

by inheritance.

34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb

the son of Jephunneh.

34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of

Ammihud.

34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the

son of Jogli.

34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the

children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel

the son of Shiphtan.

34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun,

Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel

the son of Azzan.

34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the

son of Shelomi.

34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel

the son of Ammihud.

34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance

unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan

near Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they

give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to

dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the

cities round about them.

35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of

them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their

beasts.

35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the

Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand

cubits round about.

35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two

thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the

west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand

cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the

suburbs of the cities.

35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there

shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the

manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty

and two cities.

35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be

forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of

the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many;

but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of

his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he

inheriteth.

35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35:10 Speak unto the

children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan

into the land of Canaan; 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be

cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which

killeth any person at unawares.

35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger;

that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in

judgment.

35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have

for refuge.

35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities

shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of

Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that

every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die,

he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,

and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to

death.

35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may

die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to

death.

35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he

meeteth him, he shall slay him.

35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of

wait, that he die; 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he

die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a

murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he

meeteth him.

35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon

him any thing without laying of wait, 35:23 Or with any stone,

wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he

die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 35:24 Then the

congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood

according to these judgments: 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver

the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the

congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he

was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest,

which was anointed with the holy oil.

35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of

the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 35:27 And the revenger of

blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the

revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until

the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest

the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you

throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by

the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any

person to cause him to die.

35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a

murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to

death.

35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the

city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land,

until the death of the priest.

35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it

defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that

is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I

dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead,

the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of

Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the

chief fathers of the children of Israel: 36:2 And they said, The LORD

commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the

children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the

inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of

the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the

inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the

tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot

of our inheritance.

36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then

shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe

whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away

from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word

of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the

daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think

best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they

marry.

36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove

from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall

keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe

of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the

tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man

the inheritance of his fathers.

36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another

tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall

keep himself to his own inheritance.

36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of

Zelophehad: 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and

Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's

brothers' sons: 36:12 And they were married into the families of the

sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in

the tribe of the family of their father.

36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD

commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the

plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

The Fifth Book of Moses: Called Deuteronomy

1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side

Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea,

between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount

Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth

year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses

spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD

had given him in commandment unto them; 1:4 After he had slain Sihon

the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of

Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 1:5 On this side Jordan, in

the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 1:6 The

LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough

in this mount: 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the

mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the

plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea

side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great

river, the river Euphrates.

1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land

which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to

give unto them and to their seed after them.

1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear

you myself alone: 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and,

behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many

more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 1:12 How can

I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your

tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is

good for us to do.

1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made

them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over

hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and

officers among your tribes.

1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes

between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his

brother, and the stranger that is with him.

1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the

small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man;

for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you,

bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should

do.

1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great

and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of

the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to

Kadeshbarnea.

1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the

Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and

possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear

not, neither be discouraged.

1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send

men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us

word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall

come.

1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one

of a tribe: 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and

came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and

brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a

good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the

commandment of the LORD your God: 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents,

and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of

the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to

destroy us.

1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,

saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great

and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the

Anakims there.

1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,

according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 1:31

And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God

bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went,

until ye came into this place.

1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 1:33 Who

went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your

tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and

in a cloud by day.

1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and

sware, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this

evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your

fathers.

1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will

I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children,

because he hath wholly followed the LORD.

1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also

shalt not go in thither.

1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall

go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and

your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and

evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they

shall possess it.

1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the

wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the

LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God

commanded us.

And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready

to go up into the hill.

1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither

fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against

the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against

you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto

Hormah.

1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not

hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye

abode there.

2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the

way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount

Seir many days.

2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 2:3 Ye have compassed this

mountain long enough: turn you northward.

2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the

coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and

they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves

therefore: 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their

land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount

Seir unto Esau for a possession.

2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall

also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy

hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these

forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked

nothing.

2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,

which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from

Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither

contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land

for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for

a possession.

2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,

and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as

the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of

Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them,

and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his

possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we

went over the brook Zered.

2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were

come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the

generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as

the LORD sware unto them.

2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them

from among the host, until they were consumed.

2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and

dead from among the people, 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,

2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,

distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of

the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given

it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein

in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A people

great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them

before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2:22

As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he

destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and

dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 2:23 And the Avims which

dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth

out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 2:24 Rise

ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I

have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his

land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of

thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear

report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto

Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me pass

through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn

unto the right hand nor to the left.

2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me

water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my

feet; 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the

Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over

Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the

LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that

he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and

his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his

land.

2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight

at Jahaz.

2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him,

and his sons, and all his people.

2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed

the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left

none to remain: 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto

ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from

the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one

city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 2:37

Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto

any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains,

nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of

Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him,

and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do

unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at

Heshbon.

3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of

Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to

him remaining.

3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city

which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of

Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars;

beside unwalled towns a great many.

3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of

Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every

city.

3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a

prey to ourselves.

3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the

Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of

Arnon unto mount Hermon; 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion;

and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 3:10 All the cities of the plain,

and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the

kingdom of Og in Bashan.

3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;

behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of

the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four

cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which

is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof,

gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og,

gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with

all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the

coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,

Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead

even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto

the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3:17

The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth

even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah

eastward.

3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath

given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before

your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I

know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I

have given you; 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your

brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land

which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall

ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen

all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall

the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for

you.

3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 3:24 O Lord GOD,

thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty

hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do

according to thy works, and according to thy might? 3:25 I pray thee,

let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that

goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear

me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto

me of this matter.

3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes

westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it

with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he

shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit

the land which thou shalt see.

3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.

4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the

judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go

in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall

ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the

LORD your God which I command you.

4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all

the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them

from among you.

4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one

of you this day.

4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD

my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to

possess it.

4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your

understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these

statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and

understanding people.

4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,

as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 4:8

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so

righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 4:9 Only

take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget

the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy

heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons'

sons; 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy

God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people

together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to

fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that

they may teach their children.

4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain

burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and

thick darkness.

4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye

heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a

voice.

4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to

perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of

stone.

4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and

judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to

possess it.

4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner

of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of

the midst of the fire: 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a

graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or

female, 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the

likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 The likeness

of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish

that is in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 And lest thou lift up

thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and

the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship

them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all

nations under the whole heaven.

4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the

iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of

inheritance, as ye are this day.

4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware

that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto

that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye

shall go over, and possess that good land.

4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the

LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or

the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye

shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,

and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do

evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 4:26 I

call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall

soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to

possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly

be destroyed.

4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be

left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and

stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt

find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon

thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and

shalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a

merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor

forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,

since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the

one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such

thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 4:33 Did

ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the

fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go

and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by

temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty

hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to

all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he

is God; there is none else beside him.

4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might

instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou

heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed

after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power

out of Egypt; 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and

mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for

an inheritance, as it is this day.

4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the

LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is

none else.

4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,

which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with

thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon

the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the

sunrising; 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill

his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that

fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 4:43 Namely, Bezer in

the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in

Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of

Israel: 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the

judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they

came forth out of Egypt.

4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the

land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses

and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of

Egypt: 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of

Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan

toward the sunrising; 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the

river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4:49 And all the

plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain,

under the springs of Pisgah.

5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel,

the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that

ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,

even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the

midst of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time,

to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the

fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 5:6 I am the LORD thy

God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of

bondage.

5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any

thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or

that is in the waters beneath the earth: 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down

thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous

God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the

third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 5:10 And shewing

mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the

LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath

commanded thee.

5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 5:14 But the

seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not

do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant,

nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy

cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant

and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and

that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand

and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee

to keep the sabbath day.

5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath

commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go

well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

5:17 Thou shalt not kill.

5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.

5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt

thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his

maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount

out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,

with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two

tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of

the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near

unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 5:24 And

ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his

greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire:

we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume

us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall

die.

5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the

living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and

lived? 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall

say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto

thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto

me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of

this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all

that they have spoken.

5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,

and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them,

and with their children for ever! 5:30 Go say to them, Get you into

your tents again.

5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto

thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which

thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give

them to possess it.

5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath

commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the

left.

5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath

commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and

that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,

which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them

in the land whither ye go to possess it: 6:2 That thou mightest fear

the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which

I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of

thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be

well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of

thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and

honey.

6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 6:5 And thou shalt

love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and

with all thy might.

6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine

heart: 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and

shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou

walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they

shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy

gates.

6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee

into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,

and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou

buildedst not, 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou

filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and

olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and

be full; 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought

thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear

by his name.

6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which

are round about you; 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among

you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and

destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in

Massah.

6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God,

and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of

the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in

and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.

6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath

spoken.

6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean

the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD

our God hath commanded you? 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We

were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt

with a mighty hand: 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great

and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before

our eyes: 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring

us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the

LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as

it is at this day.

6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these

commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou

goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the

Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,

and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations

greater and mightier than thou; 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall

deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy

them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou

shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy

son.

7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may

serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against

you, and destroy thee suddenly.

7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars,

and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their

graven images with fire.

7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy

God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all

people that are upon the face of the earth.

7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye

were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all

people: 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep

the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought

you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of

bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,

which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his

commandments to a thousand generations; 7:10 And repayeth them that

hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him

that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and

the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these

judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep

unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will

also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn,

and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks

of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give

thee.

7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male

or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put

none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but

will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God

shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither

shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I;

how can I dispossess them? 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but

shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto

all Egypt; 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the

signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out

arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy

God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until

they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is

among you, a mighty God and terrible.

7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by

little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the

beasts of the field increase upon thee.

7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall

destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt

destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to

stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou

shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto

thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD

thy God.

7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest

thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and

thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye

observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess

the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led

thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove

thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his

commandments, or no.

8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee

with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that

he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by

every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell,

these forty years.

8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth

his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to

walk in his ways, and to fear him.

8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of

brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys

and hills; 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees,

and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 8:9 A land wherein

thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing

in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou

mayest dig brass.

8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD

thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his

commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command

thee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast

built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds and

thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and

all that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up,

and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the

land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 Who led thee through

that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and

scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee

forth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 Who fed thee in the

wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might

humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy

latter end; 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might

of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that

giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant

which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and

walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify

against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so

shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of

the LORD your God.

9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to

possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and

fenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the

Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can

stand before the children of Anak! 9:3 Understand therefore this day,

that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a

consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down

before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them

quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.

9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath

cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD

hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of

these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,

dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these

nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and

that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this

good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a

stiffnecked people.

9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to

wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of

the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been

rebellious against the LORD.

9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was

angry with you to have destroyed you.

9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,

even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I

abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat

bread nor drink water: 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables

of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written

according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount

out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,

that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the

covenant.

9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from

hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have

corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way

which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this

people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 9:14 Let me alone,

that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven:

and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned

with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your

God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out

of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and

brake them before your eyes.

9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and

forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all

your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD,

to provoke him to anger.

9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the

LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto

me at that time also.

9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and

I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it

with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was

as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that

descended out of the mount.

9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye

provoked the LORD to wrath.

9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up

and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against

the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor

hearkened to his voice.

9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew

you.

9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as

I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy

you.

9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy

not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through

thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a

mighty hand.

9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto

the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their

sin: 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the

LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them,

and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in

the wilderness.

9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou

broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone

like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee

an ark of wood.

10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first

tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone

like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables

in mine hand.

10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the

ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of

the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave

them unto me.

10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the

tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD

commanded me.

10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the

children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was

buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his

stead.

10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to

Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the

ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister

unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren;

the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised

him.

10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty

days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time

also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the

people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto

their fathers to give unto them.

10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but

to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,

and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy

soul, 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes,

which I command thee this day for thy good? 10:14 Behold, the heaven

and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with

all that therein is.

10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he

chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this

day.

10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more

stiffnecked.

10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great

God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh

reward: 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and

widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the

land of Egypt.

10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to

him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee

these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten

persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of

heaven for multitude.

11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge,

and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which

have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD

your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of

Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 11:4 And

what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their

chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as

they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this

day; 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came

into this place; 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons

of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and

swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the

substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he

did.

11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you

this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land,

whither ye go to possess it; 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days in

the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and

to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the

land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,

and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11:11 But the

land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and

drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11:12 A land which the LORD thy

God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from

the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto

my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your

God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season,

the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy

corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou

mayest eat and be full.

11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye

turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17 And then the

LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that

there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye

perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in

your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be

as frontlets between your eyes.

11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when

thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when

thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house,

and upon thy gates: 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the

days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your

fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I

command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his

ways, and to cleave unto him; 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out all

these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations

and mightier than yourselves.

11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be

yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river

Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD

your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the

land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 11:27

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I

command you this day: 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the

commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which

I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not

known.

11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought

thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou

shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount

Ebal.

11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun

goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the

champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 11:31 For

ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD

your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which

I set before you this day.

12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to

do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to

possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations

which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and

upon the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3 And ye shall

overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves

with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and

destroy the names of them out of that place.

12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of

all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall

ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 12:6 And thither ye shall bring

your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave

offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings,

and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 12:7 And there ye

shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that

ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy

God hath blessed thee.

12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day,

every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance,

which the LORD your God giveth you.

12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD

your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all

your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 12:11 Then there

shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his

name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;

your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave

offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the

LORD: 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and

your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your

maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as

he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in

every place that thou seest: 12:14 But in the place which the LORD

shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt

offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,

whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the

LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may

eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth

as water.

12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or

of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy

flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill

offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: 12:18 But thou must eat

them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall

choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and

thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou

shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine

hands unto.

12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as

thou livest upon the earth.

12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath

promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul

longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul

lusteth after.

12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name

there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of

thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee,

and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat

them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the

life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as

water.

12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with

thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the

sight of the LORD.

12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt

take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 12:27 And

thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon

the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall

be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat

the flesh.

12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it

may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when

thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy

God.

12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before

thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them,

and dwellest in their land; 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be

not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before

thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did

these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every

abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their

gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the

fire to their gods.

12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt

not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and

giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 13:2 And the sign or the wonder come

to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other

gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 Thou

shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of

dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the

LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his

commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave

unto him.

13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to

death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God,

which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of

the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy

God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from

the midst of thee.

13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy

daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine

own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other

gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 13:7 Namely,

of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee,

or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the

other end of the earth; 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor

hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou

spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill

him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and

afterwards the hand of all the people.

13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he

hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought

thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any

such wickedness as this is among you.

13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy

God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain men, the

children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn

the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,

which ye have not known; 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make

search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing

certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 13:15 Thou shalt

surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,

destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle

thereof, with the edge of the sword.

13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the

street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil

thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for

ever; it shall not be built again.

13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:

that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee

mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath

sworn unto thy fathers; 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of

the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee

this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut

yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD

hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the

nations that are upon the earth.

14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and

the goat, 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the

wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft

into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall

eat.

14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or

of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and

the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore

they are unclean unto you.

14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the

cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor

touch their dead carcase.

14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have

fins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and

scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the

ossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the

vulture after his kind, 14:14 And every raven after his kind, 14:15

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after

his kind, 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 And the

stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they

shall not be eaten.

14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt

give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or

thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto

the LORD thy God.

Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the

field bringeth forth year by year.

14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which

he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy

wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy

flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able

to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy

God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath

blessed thee: 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up

the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD

thy God shall choose: 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for

whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for

wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and

thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice,

thou, and thine household, 14:27 And the Levite that is within thy

gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance

with thee.

14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe

of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with

thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are

within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the

LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou

doest.

15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that

lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact

it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the

LORD's release.

15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is

thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 15:4 Save when there

shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in

the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to

possess it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the

LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command

thee this day.

15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou

shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou

shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within

any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou

shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor

brother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt

surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,

The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be

evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry

unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved

when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy

God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest

thine hand unto.

15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I

command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy

brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold

unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou

shalt let him go free from thee.

15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let

him go away empty: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy

flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that

wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of

Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee

this thing to day.

15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from

thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with

thee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear

unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy

maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away

free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee,

in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in

all that thou doest.

15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock

thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with

the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the

place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind,

or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy

God.

15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean

person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it

upon the ground as water.

16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD

thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth

out of Egypt by night.

16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy

God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall

choose to place his name there.

16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou

eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou

camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest

remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all

the days of thy life.

16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy

coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which

thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the

morning.

16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 16:6 But at the place which the

LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt

sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the

season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy

God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy

tents.

16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day

shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work

therein.

16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the

seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the

corn.

16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God

with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt

give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed

thee: 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and

thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant,

and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the

fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the

LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and

thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after

that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 16:14 And thou shalt

rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy

manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the

fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God

in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God

shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine

hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD

thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened

bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and

they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 16:17 Every man shall

give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God

which he hath given thee.

16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which

the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall

judge the people with just judgment.

16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,

neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and

pervert the words of the righteous.

16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou

mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the

altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God

hateth.

17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or

sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the

LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness

in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 17:3

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the

sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not

commanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and

enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain,

that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 17:5 Then shalt thou bring

forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing,

unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with

stones, till they die.

17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that

is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he

shall not be put to death.

17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to

death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put

the evil away from among you.

17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between

blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,

being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise,

and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the

judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew

thee the sentence of judgment: 17:10 And thou shalt do according to

the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose

shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that

they inform thee: 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which

they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall

tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence

which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken

unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy

God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put

away the evil from Israel.

17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more

presumptuously.

17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I

will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy

God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over

thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy

brother.

17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the

people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses:

forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return

no more that way.

17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn

not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and

gold.

17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,

that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which

is before the priests the Levites: 17:19 And it shall be with him, and

he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to

fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these

statutes, to do them: 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his

brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the

right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in

his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no

part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the

LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren:

the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them

that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give

unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil,

and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to

stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel,

where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the

place which the LORD shall choose; 18:7 Then he shall minister in the

name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which

stand there before the LORD.

18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of

the sale of his patrimony.

18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those

nations.

18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son

or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or

an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,

or a necromancer.

18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:

and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out

from before thee.

18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto

observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy

God hath not suffered thee so to do.

18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the

midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall

hearken; 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy

God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again

the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any

more, that I die not.

18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they

have spoken.

18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like

unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto

them all that I shall command him.

18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto

my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,

which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the

name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which

the LORD hath not spoken? 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name

of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the

thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it

presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the

LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in

their cities, and in their houses; 19:2 Thou shalt separate three

cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God

giveth thee to possess it.

19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that

every slayer may flee thither.

19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither,

that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he

hated not in time past; 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with

his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe

to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and

lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of

those cities, and live: 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the

slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is

long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he

hated him not in time past.

19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three

cities for thee.

19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto

thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto

thy fathers; 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do

them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to

walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,

beside these three: 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be

upon thee.

19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and

rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth

into one of these cities: 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send

and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of

blood, that he may die.

19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt

of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of

old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in

the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or

for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two

witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be

established.

19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against

him that which is wrong; 19:17 Then both the men, between whom the

controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and

the judges, which shall be in those days; 19:18 And the judges shall

make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false

witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 Then

shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother:

so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall

henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye

for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest

horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of

them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of

the land of Egypt.

20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the

priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 20:3 And shall say

unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against

your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble,

neither be ye terrified because of them; 20:4 For the LORD your God is

he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save

you.

20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is

there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him

go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man

dedicate it.

20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet

eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in

the battle, and another man eat of it.

20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not

taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the

battle, and another man take her.

20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they

shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him

go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well

as his heart.

20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking

unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead

the people.

20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then

proclaim peace unto it.

20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto

thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein

shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war

against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 20:13 And when the LORD thy

God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male

thereof with the edge of the sword: 20:14 But the women, and the

little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the

spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the

spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off

from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth

give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that

breatheth: 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the

Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the

Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations,

which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the

LORD your God.

20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war

against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by

forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou

shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to

employ them in the siege: 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that

they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and

thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee,

until it be subdued.

21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath

slain him: 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and

they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is

slain: 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the

slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which

hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 21:4

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough

valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the

heifer's neck there in the valley: 21:5 And the priests the sons of

Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to

minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their

word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 21:6 And all

the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash

their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 21:7 And

they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither

have our eyes seen it.

21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast

redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's

charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among

you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD

thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them

captive, 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and

hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 21:12

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her

head, and pare her nails; 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her

captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail

her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go

in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt

let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for

money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast

humbled her.

21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and

they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if

the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 21:16 Then it shall be, when

he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make

the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is

indeed the firstborn: 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the

hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he

hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the

firstborn is his.

21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey

the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when

they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19 Then shall

his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the

elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And they

shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and

rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a

drunkard.

21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he

die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall

hear, and fear.

21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to

be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall not

remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him

that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be

not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and

hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto

thy brother.

22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him

not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be

with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it

to him again.

22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do

with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he

hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest

not hide thyself.

22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the

way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift

them up again.

22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,

neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree,

or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam

sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam

with the young: 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and

take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou

mayest prolong thy days.

22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement

for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man

fall from thence.

22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit

of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be

defiled.

22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and

linen together.

22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy

vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 22:14

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name

upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found

her not a maid: 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her

mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto

the elders of the city in the gate: 22:16 And the damsel's father

shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife,

and he hateth her; 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech

against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these

are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the

cloth before the elders of the city.

22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise

him; 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver,

and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought

up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he

may not put her away all his days.

22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not

found for the damsel: 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to

the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone

her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in

Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put

evil away from among you.

22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then

they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and

the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a

man find her in the city, and lie with her; 22:24 Then ye shall bring

them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with

stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the

city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so

thou shalt put away evil from among you.

22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man

force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall

die.

22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the

damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his

neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 22:27 For he found

her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none

to save her.

22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed,

and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Then

the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty

shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled

her, he may not put her away all his days.

22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his

father's skirt.

23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut

off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even

to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of

the LORD.

23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of

the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the

congregation of the LORD for ever: 23:4 Because they met you not with

bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and

because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of

Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but

the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because

the LORD thy God loved thee.

23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days

for ever.

23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou

shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the

congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee

from every wicked thing.

23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of

uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of

the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 But it shall be,

when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the

sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou

shalt go forth abroad: 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy

weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou

shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh

from thee: 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy

camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee;

therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in

thee, and turn away from thee.

23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is

escaped from his master unto thee: 23:16 He shall dwell with thee,

even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy

gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a

sodomite of the sons of Israel.

23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog,

into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these

are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money,

usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 23:20

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou

shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all

that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to

possess it.

23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not

slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee;

and it would be sin in thee.

23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform;

even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD

thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest

eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any

in thy vessel.

23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then

thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a

sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to

pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some

uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and

give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be

another man's wife.

24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of

divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his

house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again

to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination

before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the

LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,

neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at

home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge:

for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of

Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief

shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,

and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:

as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after

that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go

into his house to fetch his pledge.

24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend

shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun

goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and

it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,

whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy

land within thy gates: 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire,

neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his

heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin

unto thee.

24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither

shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be

put to death for his own sin.

24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the

fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 24:18 But thou shalt

remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God

redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast

forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it

shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that

the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the

boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and

for the widow.

24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not

glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless,

and for the widow.

24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of

Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto

judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the

righteous, and condemn the wicked.

25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that

the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his

face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should

exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother

should seem vile unto thee.

25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no

child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger:

her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to

wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall

succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not

put out of Israel.

25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his

brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My

husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in

Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him:

and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 25:9 Then

shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders,

and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall

answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build

up his brother's house.

25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that

hath his shoe loosed.

25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the

one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him

that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the

secrets: 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not

pity her.

25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a

small.

25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and

a small.

25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and

just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the

land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are

an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come

forth out of Egypt; 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the

hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou

wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee

rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD

thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt

blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not

forget it.

26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the

LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and

dwellest therein; 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the

fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD

thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto

the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days,

and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am

come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to

give us.

26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set

it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian

ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and

sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty,

and populous: 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted

us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 26:7 And when we cried unto the

LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our

affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 26:8 And the LORD

brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an

outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and

with wonders: 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath

given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land,

which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the

LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: 26:11 And thou

shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given

unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the

stranger that is among you.

26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine

increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given

it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that

they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 26:13 Then thou shalt

say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things

out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto

the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all

thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed

thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken

away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for

the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and

have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy

people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest

unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these

statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all

thine heart, and with all thy soul.

26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk

in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his

judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 26:18 And the LORD hath

avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised

thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19 And to

make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in

name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the

LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying,

Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto

the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee

up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shalt

write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over,

that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy

fathers hath promised thee.

27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall

set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and

thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an

altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones:

and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and

rejoice before the LORD thy God.

27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law

very plainly.

27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,

saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the

people of the LORD thy God.

27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do

his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 These

shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come

over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph,

and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse;

Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel

with a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or

molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of

the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people

shall answer and say, Amen.

27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And

all the people shall say, Amen.

27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And

all the people shall say, Amen.

27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,

fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he

uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his

father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say,

Amen.

27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And

all the people shall say, Amen.

27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do

them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto

the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his

commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will

set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all these

blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken

unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in

the field.

28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy

ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the

flocks of thy sheep.

28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou

be when thou goest out.

28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to

be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,

and flee before thee seven ways.

28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses,

and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee

in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he

hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD

thy God, and walk in his ways.

28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by

the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of

thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy

ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give

thee.

28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to

give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work

of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt

not borrow.

28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and

thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou

hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command

thee this day, to observe and to do them: 28:14 And thou shalt not go

aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the

right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the

voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and

his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses

shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in

the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy

land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou

be when thou goest out.

28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in

all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be

destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of

thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he

have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess

it.

28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,

and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the

sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee

until thou perish.

28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the

earth that is under thee shall be iron.

28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from

heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:

thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before

them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and

unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the

emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not

be healed.

28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and

astonishment of heart: 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the

blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and

thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall

save thee.

28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:

thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou

shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not

eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy

face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto

thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people,

and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day

long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.

28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which

thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed

alway: 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes

which thou shalt see.

28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a

sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the

top of thy head.

28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set

over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have

known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,

among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather

but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither

drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat

them.

28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou

shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his

fruit.

28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy

them; for they shall go into captivity.

28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very

high; and thou shalt come down very low.

28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall

be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue

thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou

hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his

commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 28:46 And they

shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for

ever.

28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and

with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send

against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want

of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he

have destroyed thee.

28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the

end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue

thou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which

shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy

land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either

corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy

sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and

fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy

land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy

land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy

sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in

the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall

distress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and

very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward

the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he

shall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the

flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left

him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall

distress thee in all thy gates.

28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not

adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness

and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom,

and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 And toward her

young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her

children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all

things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy

shall distress thee in thy gates.

28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that

are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and

fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy

plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,

and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt,

which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in

the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou

be destroyed.

28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars

of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of

the LORD thy God.

28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to

do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to

destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from

off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one

end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other

gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and

stone.

28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall

the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a

trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 28:66 And

thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and

night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 28:67 In the morning

thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say,

Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou

shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by

the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:

and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and

bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded

Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside

the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have

seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto

Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 29:3 The

great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those

great miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to

perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes

are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy

foot.

29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong

drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and

Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote

them: 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto

the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye

may prosper in all that ye do.

29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your

captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the

men of Israel, 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger

that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy

water: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy

God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this

day: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto

himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto

thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and

to Jacob.

29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD

our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 29:16

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came

through the nations which ye passed by; 29:17 And ye have seen their

abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which

were among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman,

or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD

our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should

be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it come

to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless

himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the

imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 The

LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his

jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are

written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out

his name from under heaven.

29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes

of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are

written in this book of the law: 29:22 So that the generation to come

of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that

shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of

that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; 29:23

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,

that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like

the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the

LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 Even all nations

shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what

meaneth the heat of this great anger? 29:25 Then men shall say,

Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their

fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the

land of Egypt: 29:26 For they went and served other gods, and

worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given

unto them: 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this

land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in

wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as

it is this day.

29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things

which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that

we may do all the words of this law.

30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon

thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and

thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD

thy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God,

and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this

day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy

soul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and

have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all

the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,

from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he

fetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land

which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do

thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart

of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with

all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine

enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all

his commandments which I command thee this day.

30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of

thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle,

and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again

rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 If

thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his

commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the

law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and

with all thy soul.

30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not

hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up

for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do

it? 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who

shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear

it, and do it? 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy

mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death

and evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy

God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his

statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and

the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to

possess it.

30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but

shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 I

denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye

shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over

Jordan to go to possess it.

30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I

have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore

choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thou

mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and

that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length

of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware

unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this

day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto

me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will

destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them:

and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.

31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og,

kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do

unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded

you.

31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them:

for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not

fail thee, nor forsake thee.

31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of

all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with

this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers

to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with

thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither

be dismayed.

31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the

sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto

all the elders of Israel.

31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven

years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of

tabernacles, 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD

thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law

before all Israel in their hearing.

31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy

stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they

may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words

of this law: 31:13 And that their children, which have not known any

thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye

live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that

thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle

of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and

Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the

congregation.

31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:

and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy

fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods

of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and

will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I

will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall

be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that

they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because

our God is not among us? 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that

day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are

turned unto other gods.

31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the

children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a

witness for me against the children of Israel.

31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware

unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall

have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn

unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my

covenant.

31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are

befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness;

for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I

know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have

brought them into the land which I sware.

31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the

children of Israel.

31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong

and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel

into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the

words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 31:25 That

Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the

LORD, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side

of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there

for a witness against thee.

31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am

yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD;

and how much more after my death? 31:28 Gather unto me all the elders

of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in

their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt

yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;

and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil

in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of

your hands.

31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel

the words of this song, until they were ended.

32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the

words of my mouth.

32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the

dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon

the grass: 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe

ye greatness unto our God.

32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are

judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his

children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not

he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and

established thee? 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years

of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy

elders, and they will tell thee.

32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when

he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people

according to the number of the children of Israel.

32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his

inheritance.

32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling

wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the

apple of his eye.

32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,

spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god

with him.

32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might

eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of

the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of kine, and

milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and

goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure

blood of the grape.

32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art

grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which

made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with

abominations provoked they him to anger.

32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew

not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast

forgotten God that formed thee.

32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the

provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what

their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children

in whom is no faith.

32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they

have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to

jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to

anger with a foolish nation.

32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the

lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on

fire the foundations of the mountains.

32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon

them.

32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,

and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon

them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the

young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray

hairs.

32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the

remembrance of them to cease from among men: 32:27 Were it not that I

feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave

themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and

the LORD hath not done all this.

32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any

understanding in them.

32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they

would consider their latter end! 32:30 How should one chase a

thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had

sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 32:31 For their rock is not

as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of

Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of

asps.

32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my

treasures? 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot

shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and

the things that shall come upon them make haste.

32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his

servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none

shut up, or left.

32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they

trusted, 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank

the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and

be your protection.

32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I

kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that

can deliver out of my hand.

32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on

judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward

them that hate me.

32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall

devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the

captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the

blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries,

and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears

of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which

I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to

observe to do, all the words of this law.

32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and

through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye

go over Jordan to possess it.

32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 32:49

Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in

the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of

Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto

thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered

unto his people: 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the

children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness

of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of

Israel.

32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go

thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed

the children of Israel before his death.

33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto

them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands

of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and

they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the

congregation of Jacob.

33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the

tribes of Israel were gathered together.

33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the

voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be

sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy

holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst

strive at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said unto his father and to

his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his

brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word,

and kept thy covenant.

33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they

shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine

altar.

33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands;

smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them

that hate him, that they rise not again.

33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in

safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he

shall dwell between his shoulders.

33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the

precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth

beneath, 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,

and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 33:15 And for the

chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of

the lasting hills, 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and

fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush:

let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the

head of him that was separated from his brethren.

33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns

are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people

together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of

Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,

Issachar, in thy tents.

33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall

offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the

abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he

dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a

portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of

the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments

with Israel.

33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from

Bashan.

33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and

full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the

south.

33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let

him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy

strength be.

33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the

heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the

everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee;

and shall say, Destroy them.

33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob

shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop

down dew.

33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved

by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy

excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou

shalt tread upon their high places.

34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of

Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD

shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 34:2 And all Naphtali,

and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto

the utmost sea, 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of

Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto

Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy

seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not

go over thither.

34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,

according to the word of the LORD.

34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against

Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his

eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab

thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for

Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel

hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,

whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and the

wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to

Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And in

all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed

in the sight of all Israel.

The Book of Joshua

1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to

pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,

saying, 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over

this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give

to them, even to the children of Israel.

1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have

I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river,

the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great

sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days

of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not

fail thee, nor forsake thee.

1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou

divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers

to give them.

1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe

to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:

turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest

prosper withersoever thou goest.

1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou

shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do

according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy

way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not

afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee

whithersoever thou goest.

1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you

victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go

in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess

it.

1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe

of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13 Remember the word which Moses

the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath

given you rest, and hath given you this land.

1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in

the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass

before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help

them; 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath

given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your

God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your

possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on

this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we

will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we

hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with

Moses.

1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will

not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall

be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy

secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and

came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came

men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the

country.

2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the

men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for

they be come to search out all the country.

2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There

came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 2:5 And it came to

pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that

the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them

quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them

with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:

and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut

the gate.

2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the

roof; 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given

you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the

inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea

for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings

of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og,

whom ye utterly destroyed.

2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,

neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you:

for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth

beneath.

2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I

have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my

father's house, and give me a true token: 2:13 And that ye will save

alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and

all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not

this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the

land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her

house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the

pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the

pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine

oath which thou hast made us swear.

2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of

scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou

shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy

father's household, home unto thee.

2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy

house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will

be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood

shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of

thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent

them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the

window.

2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three

days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them

throughout all the way, but found them not.

2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and

passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all

things that befell them: 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the

LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the

inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from

Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and

lodged there before they passed over.

3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went

through the host; 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye

see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the

Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after

it.

3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand

cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by

which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to

morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the

covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of

the covenant, and went before the people.

3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify

thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was

with Moses, so I will be with thee.

3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the

covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of

Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear

the words of the LORD your God.

3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is

among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and

the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth

passeth over before you into Jordan.

3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,

out of every tribe a man.

3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of

the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,

shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be

cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall

stand upon an heap.

3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to

pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant

before the people; 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto

Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in

the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the

time of harvest,) 3:16 That the waters which came down from above

stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is

beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain,

even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed

over right against Jericho.

3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD

stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the

Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed

clean over Jordan.

4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over

Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:2 Take you twelve

men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 And command ye

them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the

place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall

carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where

ye shall lodge this night.

4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the

children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 And Joshua said unto

them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of

Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder,

according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 4:6

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their

fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 4:7

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off

before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over

Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be

for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up

twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto

Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of

Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they

lodged, and laid them down there.

4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the

place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant

stood: and they are there unto this day.

4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,

until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak

unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the

people hasted and passed over.

4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,

that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence

of the people.

4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the

tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as

Moses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war

passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;

and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:16 Command the priests

that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of

Jordan.

4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the

covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the

soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the

waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his

banks, as they did before.

4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the

first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did

Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your

children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean

these stones? 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying,

Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before

you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red

sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 4:24

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that

it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which

were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the

Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up

the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were

passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them

any more, because of the children of Israel.

5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives,

and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of

Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people

that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died

in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the

people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth

out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness,

till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt,

were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto

whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the

LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that

floweth with milk and honey.

5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua

circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not

circumcised them by the way.

5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the

people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were

whole.

5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the

reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is

called Gilgal unto this day.

5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the

passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of

Jericho.

5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after

the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the

old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any

more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted

up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against

him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and

said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 5:14 And he

said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And

Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto

him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? 5:15 And the captain of the

LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for

the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of

Israel: none went out, and none came in.

6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand

Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round

about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of

rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven

times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with

the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the

people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall

fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight

before him.

6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them,

Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven

trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.

6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and

let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that

the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on

before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the

covenant of the LORD followed them.

6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the

trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on,

and blowing with the trumpets.

6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout,

nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out

of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once:

and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the

ark of the LORD.

6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before

the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets:

and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the

ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned

into the camp: so they did six days.

6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early

about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same

manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven

times.

6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew

with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD

hath given you the city.

6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are

therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all

that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we

sent.

6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest

ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and

make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are

consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the

LORD.

6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:

and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,

and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down

flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight

before him, and they took the city.

6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and

woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the

sword.

6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the

country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman,

and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab,

and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she

had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the

camp of Israel.

6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only

the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they

put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's

household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto

this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out

Jericho.

6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man

before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he

shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest

son shall he set up the gates of it.

6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout

all the country.

7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed

thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of

Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the

anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven,

on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the

country.

And the men went up and viewed Ai.

7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the

people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite

Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but

few.

7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men:

and they fled before the men of Ai.

7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they

chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in

the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became

as water.

7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face

before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of

Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all

brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the

Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt

on the other side Jordan! 7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel

turneth their backs before their enemies! 7:9 For the Canaanites and

all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us

round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto

thy great name? 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up;

wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and

they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for

they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and

dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their

enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they

were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy

the accursed from among you.

7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to

morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed

thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before

thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your

tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall

come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD

shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD

shall take shall come man by man.

7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing

shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath

transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought

folly in Israel.

7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by

their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 And he brought

the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he

brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of

Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was

taken.

7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to

the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now

what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against

the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 7:21 When I saw

among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels

of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted

them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the

midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and,

behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them

unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out

before the LORD.

7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,

and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons,

and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his

tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of

Achor.

7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall

trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and

burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So

the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name

of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:

take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I

have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city,

and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst

unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle

thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush

for the city behind it.

8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai:

and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent

them away by night.

8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait

against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city,

but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me,

will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come

out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 8:6

(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the

city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first:

therefore we will flee before them.

8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city:

for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set

the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye

do. See, I have commanded you.

8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush,

and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua

lodged that night among the people.

8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people,

and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him,

went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the

north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in

ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on

the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the

city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted

and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to

battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain;

but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the

city.

8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before

them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue

after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from

the city.

8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out

after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in

thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua

stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as

soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city,

and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold,

the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to

flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness

turned back upon the pursuers.

8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the

city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again,

and slew the men of Ai.

8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were

in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and

they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all

the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they

chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword,

until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai,

and smote it with the edge of the sword.

8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and

women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the

spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey

unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he

commanded Joshua.

8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a

desolation unto this day.

8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as

soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his

carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of

the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth

unto this day.

8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount

Ebal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of

Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of

whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they

offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace

offerings.

8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses,

which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,

stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the

Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the

stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against

mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the

servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the

people of Israel.

8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and

cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua

read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and

the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side

Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the

great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the

Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and

with Israel, with one accord.

9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto

Jericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if

they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and

wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 9:5 And old shoes and

clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread

of their provision was dry and mouldy.

9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto

him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now

therefore make ye a league with us.

9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell

among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 9:8 And they said

unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are

ye? and from whence come ye? 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very

far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy

God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were

beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan,

which was at Ashtaroth.

9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake

to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet

them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a

league with us.

9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on

the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and

it is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were

new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes

are become old by reason of the very long journey.

9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the

mouth of the LORD.

9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to

let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made

a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours,

and that they dwelt among them.

9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities

on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and

Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of

the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And

all the congregation murmured against the princes.

9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn

unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch

them.

9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath

be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be

hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the

princes had promised them.

9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,

Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when

ye dwell among us? 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall

none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and

drawers of water for the house of my God.

9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told

thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to

give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land

from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of

you, and have done this thing.

9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and

right unto thee to do unto us, do.

9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of

the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water

for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this

day, in the place which he should choose.

10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard

how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done

to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how

the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among

them; 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city,

as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and

all the men thereof were mighty.

10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of

Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of

Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up unto me,

and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with

Joshua and with the children of Israel.

10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem,

the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king

of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all

their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,

saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly,

and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell

in the mountains are gathered together against us.

10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war

with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have

delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand

before thee.

10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal

all night.

10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with

a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth

up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were

in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones

from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which

died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with

the sword.

10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered

up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the

sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in

the valley of Ajalon.

10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people

had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the

book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and

hasted not to go down about a whole day.

10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the

LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for

Israel.

10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to

Gilgal.

10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at

Makkedah.

10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in

a cave at Makkedah.

10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave,

and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue

after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to

enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them

into your hand.

10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had

made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they

were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into

fenced cities.

10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in

peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out

those five kings unto me out of the cave.

10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out

of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of

Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto

Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto

the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put

your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put

their feet upon the necks of them.

10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong

and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies

against whom ye fight.

10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them

on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun,

that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast

them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in

the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of

the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all

the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the

king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto

Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 And the LORD delivered it

also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it

with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he

let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto

the king of Jericho.

10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto

Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 And the

LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the

second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls

that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua

smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with

him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:35 And

they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and

all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,

according to all that he had done to Lachish.

10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto

Hebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 And they took it, and smote

it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the

cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none

remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed

it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and

fought against it: 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all

the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword,

and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none

remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the

king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south,

and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none

remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of

Israel commanded.

10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all

the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,

because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to

Gilgal.

11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those

things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of

Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2 And to the kings that were

on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth,

and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 11:3 And to

the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the

Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to

the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much

people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with

horses and chariots very many.

11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched

together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for

to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before

Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with

fire.

11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them

by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote

them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and

unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they

left them none remaining.

11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their

horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote

the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of

all those kingdoms.

11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of

the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe:

and he burnt Hazor with fire.

11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,

did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he

utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel

burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children

of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote

with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither

left they any to breathe.

11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command

Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD

commanded Moses.

11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south

country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain,

and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 11:17 Even

from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the

valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and

smote them, and slew them.

11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of

Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they

took in battle.

11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should

come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and

that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the

LORD commanded Moses.

11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the

mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the

mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua

destroyed them utterly with their cities.

11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children

of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD

said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel

according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from

war.

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel

smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the

rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the

plain on the east: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in

Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river

Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even

unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto

the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to

Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: 12:4 And the

coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants,

that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5 And reigned in mount

Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the

Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon

king of Heshbon.

12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel

smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto

the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the

children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad

in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to

Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession

according to their divisions; 12:8 In the mountains, and in the

valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness,

and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the

Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 12:9 The

king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 The

king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 The king of

Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the

king of Geder, one; 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad,

one; 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16

The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 The king of

Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18 The king of Aphek, one;

the king of Lasharon, one; 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of

Hazor, one; 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph,

one; 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22

The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 12:23 The

king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of

Gilgal, one; 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and

one.

13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto

him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very

much land to be possessed.

13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the

Philistines, and all Geshuri, 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt,

even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the

Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the

Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also

the Avites: 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and

Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the

Amorites: 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward

the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into

Hamath.

13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto

Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from

before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the

Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine

tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 13:8 With whom the Reubenites

and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave

them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD

gave them; 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon,

and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of

Medeba unto Dibon; 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the

Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of

Ammon; 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and

Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 13:12

All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in

Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses

smite, and cast them out.

13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites,

nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell

among the Israelites until this day.

13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the

sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their

inheritance, as he said unto them.

13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben

inheritance according to their families.

13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river

Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the

plain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the

plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 13:18 And Jahaza, and

Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and

Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20 And Bethpeor, and

Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, 13:21 And all the cities of the

plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which

reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi,

and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon,

dwelling in the country.

13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of

Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the

border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben

after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the

children of Gad according to their families.

13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and

half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before

Rabbah; 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and

from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27 And in the valley,

Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the

kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the

edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their

families, the cities, and their villages.

13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and

this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh

by their families.

13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom

of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,

threescore cities: 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei,

cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the

children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the

children of Machir by their families.

13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for

inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by

Jericho, eastward.

13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the

LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel

inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua

the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the

children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand

of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half

tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none

inheritance among them.

14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:

therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities

to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their

substance.

14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and

they divided the land.

14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb

the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the

thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and

thee in Kadeshbarnea.

14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me

from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again

as it was in mine heart.

14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of

the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy

feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for

ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these

forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses,

while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo,

I am this day fourscore and five years old.

14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses

sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,

both to go out, and to come in.

14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in

that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there,

and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be

with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh

Hebron for an inheritance.

14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of

Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed

the LORD God of Israel.

14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a

great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by

their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin

southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from

the bay that looketh southward: 15:3 And it went out to the south side

to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the

south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up

to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 15:4 From thence it passed

toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out

of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of

Jordan.

And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at

the uttermost part of Jordan: 15:6 And the border went up to

Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border

went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 15:7 And the border

went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,

looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which

is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the

waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: 15:8

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the

south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went

up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom

westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the

fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount

Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,

and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on

the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and

the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and

went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the

sea.

15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.

This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to

their families.

15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the

children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua,

even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and

Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name

of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to

him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and

he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to

ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said

unto her, What wouldest thou? 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing;

for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.

And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah

according to their families.

15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah

toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor,

and Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 And Hazor,

Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 15:26 Amam, and

Shema, and Moladah, 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,

15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 15:29 Baalah, and

Iim, and Azem, 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 And

Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim,

and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their

villages: 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, and

Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and

Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 15:37

Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and

Joktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40 And Cabbon, and

Lahmam, and Kithlish, 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and

Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 15:42 Libnah, and Ether,

and Ashan, 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 And Keilah,

and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 15:45

Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 15:46 From Ekron even unto the

sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 15:47 Ashdod with

her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto

the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 15:48

And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 And Dannah,

and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and

Anim, 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their

villages: 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 15:53 And Janum, and

Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is

Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 15:55 Maon, Carmel,

and Ziph, and Juttah, 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 15:58

Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and

Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which is

Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 15:61 In

the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62 And Nibshan,

and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children

of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the

children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by

Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that

goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 16:2 And goeth out from

Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast

of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are

at the sea.

16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their

inheritance.

16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their

families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east

side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; 16:6 And the border

went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the

border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the

east to Janohah; 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to

Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah;

and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of

the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among

the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their

villages.

16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but

the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve

under tribute.

17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the

firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the

father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead

and Bashan.

17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by

their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of

Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of

Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of

Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by

their families.

17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of

Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are

the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and

Tirzah.

17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua

the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded

Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore

according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance

among the brethren of their father.

17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of

Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 17:6 Because

the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the

rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that

lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto

the inhabitants of Entappuah.

17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border

of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 17:9 And the coast

descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities

of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh

also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were

at the sea: 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was

Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher

on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her

towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her

towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants

of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her

towns, even three countries.

17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants

of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen

strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly

drive them out.

17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast

thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a

great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 17:15

And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up

to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the

Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us:

and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have

chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and

they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and

to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power:

thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18 But the mountain shall be

thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings

of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though

they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled

together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation

there. And the land was subdued before them.

18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,

which had not yet received their inheritance.

18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye

slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers

hath given you? 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each

tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the

land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they

shall come again to me.

18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in

their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their

coasts on the north.

18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring

the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before

the LORD our God.

18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the

LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of

Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,

which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that

went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and

describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you

before the LORD in Shiloh.

18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by

cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the

host at Shiloh.

18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and

there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to

their divisions.

18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up

according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth

between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the

border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up

through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the

wilderness of Bethaven.

18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of

Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to

Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether

Bethhoron.

18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the

sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward;

and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is

Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west

quarter.

18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the

border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of

Nephtoah: 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain

that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the

valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of

Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,

18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and

went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of

Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18:18

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and

went down unto Arabah: 18:19 And the border passed along to the side

of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the

north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the

south coast.

18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the

inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round

about, according to their families.

18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin

according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the

valley of Keziz, 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23

And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and

Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, and

Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27

And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and

Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with

their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin

according to their families.

19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of

the children of Simeon according to their families: and their

inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and

Moladah, 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 19:4 And Eltolad,

and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and

Hazarsusah, 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and

their villages: 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities

and their villages: 19:8 And all the villages that were round about

these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the

inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their

families.

19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance

of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was

too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their

inheritance within the inheritance of them.

19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according

to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and

reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before

Jokneam; 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising

unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and

goeth up to Japhia, 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east

to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to

Neah; 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to

Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and

Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to

their families, these cities with their villages.

19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of

Issachar according to their families.

19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 19:20 And Rabbith, and

Kishion, and Abez, 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and

Bethpazzez; 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and

Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen

cities with their villages.

19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar

according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of

Asher according to their families.

19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel

westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising

to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel

toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul

on the left hand, 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah,

even unto great Zidon; 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and

to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the

outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 19:30 Ummah

also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families, these cities with their villages.

19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the

children of Naphtali according to their families.

19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and

Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were

at Jordan: 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,

and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the

south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon

Jordan toward the sunrising.

19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and

Chinnereth, 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 And Kedesh,

and Edrei, and Enhazor, 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and

Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali

according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of

Dan according to their families.

19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and

Irshemesh, 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 19:43 And

Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and

Baalath, 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 19:46 And

Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for

them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem,

and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed

it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan

their father.

19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan

according to their families, these cities with their villages.

19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance

by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua

the son of Nun among them: 19:50 According to the word of the LORD

they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount

Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua

the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the

children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before

the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they

made an end of dividing the country.

20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to the

children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge,

whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 20:3 That the slayer

that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and

they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand

at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause

in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the

city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not

deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour

unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the

congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that

shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto

his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he

fled.

20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and

Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the

mountain of Judah.

20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned

Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and

Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of

the tribe of Manasseh.

20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel,

and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever

killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the

hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto

Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads

of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 And they

spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD

commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the

suburbs thereof for our cattle.

21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their

inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their

suburbs.

21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the

children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot

out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of

the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the

families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out

of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the

tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe

of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen

cities.

21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of

Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,

twelve cities.

21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these

cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out

of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here

mentioned by name.

21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the

Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the

first lot.

21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which

city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof

round about it.

21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they

to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with

her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with

her suburbs, 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her

suburbs, 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and

Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba

with her suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her

suburbs; four cities.

21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were

thirteen cities with their suburbs.

21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which

remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their

lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to

be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 21:22

And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four

cities.

21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon

with her suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her

suburbs; four cities.

21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs,

and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of

the children of Kohath that remained.

21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the

Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in

Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and

Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,

Dabareh with her suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim

with her suburbs; four cities.

21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon

with her suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her

suburbs; four cities.

21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her

suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with

her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families

were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the

Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and

Kartah with her suburbs, 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with

her suburbs; four cities.

21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and

Jahazah with her suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and

Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,

to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in

all.

21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,

which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot

twelve cities.

21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the

children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:

thus were all these cities.

21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to

give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that

he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their

enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their

hand.

21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had

spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half

tribe of Manasseh, 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that

Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice

in all that I commanded you: 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these

many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment

of the LORD your God.

22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as

he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your

tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant

of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which

Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God,

and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to

cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all

your soul.

22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto

their tents.

22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given

possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua

among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua

sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 22:8 And

he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents,

and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass,

and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your

enemies with your brethren.

22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half

tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel

out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country

of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were

possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the

land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the

half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar

to see to.

22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of

Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have

built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of

Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole

congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at

Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and

to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the

land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 And with

him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the

tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their

fathers among the thousands of Israel.

22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children

of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead,

and they spake with them, saying, 22:16 Thus saith the whole

congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed

against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the

LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this

day against the LORD? 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for

us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was

a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 22:18 But that ye must turn

away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel

to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the

whole congregation of Israel.

22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then

pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the

LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel

not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar

beside the altar of the LORD our God.

22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed

thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man

perished not alone in his iniquity.

22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half

tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands

of Israel, 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he

knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in

transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22:23 That we

have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer

thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace

offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 22:24 And if we

have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to

come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye

to do with the LORD God of Israel? 22:25 For the LORD hath made

Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children

of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our

children cease from fearing the LORD.

22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not

for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27 But that it may be a

witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we

might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings,

and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your

children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part

in the LORD.

22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to

us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again,

Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made,

not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness

between us and you.

22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this

day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings,

for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD

our God that is before his tabernacle.

22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the

congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him,

heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad

and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the

children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of

Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye

have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have

delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,

returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad,

out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of

Israel, and brought them word again.

22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children

of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in

battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad

dwelt.

22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the

altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given

rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed

old and stricken in age.

23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for

their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said

unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 23:3 And ye have seen all

that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of

you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain,

to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the

nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and

drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as

the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is

written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside

therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 That ye come not

among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention

of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve

them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your

God, as ye have done unto this day.

23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and

strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto

this day.

23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he

it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD

your God.

23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant

of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make

marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 23:13 Know

for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of

these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto

you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye

perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and

ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing

hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake

concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath

failed thereof.

23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are

come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD

bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off

this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God,

which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed

yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled

against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which

he hath given unto you.

24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and

called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their

judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before

God.

24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,

even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they

served other gods.

24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,

and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his

seed, and gave him Isaac.

24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount

Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to

that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the

sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and

horsemen unto the Red sea.

24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you

and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them;

and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the

wilderness a long season.

24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on

the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into

your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from

before you.

24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred

against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse

you: 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed

you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of

Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and

the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from

before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy

sword, nor with thy bow.

24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and

cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and

oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in

truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other

side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this

day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served

that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites,

in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the

LORD.

24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should

forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 24:17 For the LORD our God, he

it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt,

from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our

sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all

the people through whom we passed: 24:18 And the LORD drave out from

before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land:

therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for

he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your

transgressions nor your sins.

24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will

turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you

good.

24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the

LORD.

24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against

yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they

said, We are witnesses.

24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are

among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve,

and his voice will we obey.

24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them

a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and

took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the

sanctuary of the LORD.

24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be

a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which

he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye

deny your God.

24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of

Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years

old.

24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in

Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill

of Gaash.

24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the

days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the

works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up

out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which

Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred

pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of

Joseph.

24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill

that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount

Ephraim.

The Book of Judges

1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children

of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the

Canaanites first, to fight against them? 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah

shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my

lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go

with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the

Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten

thousand men.

1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him,

and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,

and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs

and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I

have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem,

and there he died.

1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had

taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city

on fire.

1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the

Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the

valley.

1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now

the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and

Ahiman, and Talmai.

1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the

name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: 1:12 And Caleb said, He that

smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my

daughter to wife.

1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:

and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to

ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb

said unto her, What wilt thou? 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a

blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of

water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out

of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the

wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went

and dwelt among the people.

1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the

Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the

name of the city was called Hormah.

1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the

coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of

the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley,

because they had chariots of iron.

1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled

thence the three sons of Anak.

1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that

inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of

Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and

the LORD was with them.

1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of

the city before was Luz.) 1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out

of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the

entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote

the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all

his family.

1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,

and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this

day.

1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and

her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and

her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the

inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell

in that land.

1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the

Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;

but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the

inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and

became tributaries.

1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the

inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor

of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the

Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them

out.

1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh,

nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites,

the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of

Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain:

for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 1:35 But

the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:

yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became

tributaries.

1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,

from the rock, and upward.

2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said,

I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land

which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my

covenant with you.

2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye

shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why

have ye done this? 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them

out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and

their gods shall be a snare unto you.

2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words

unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their

voice, and wept.

2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed

there unto the LORD.

2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went

every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the

days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great

works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an

hundred and ten years old.

2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in

Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill

Gaash.

2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers:

and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the

LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and

served Baalim: 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers,

which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,

of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed

themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he

delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he

sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they

could not any longer stand before their enemies.

2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against

them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto

them: and they were greatly distressed.

2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out

of the hand of those that spoiled them.

2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a

whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned

quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the

commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with

the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the

days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings

by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned,

and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other

gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from

their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,

Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I

commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 2:21 I

also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations

which Joshua left when he died: 2:22 That through them I may prove

Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as

their fathers did keep it, or not.

2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out

hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by

them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to

teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3:3

Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the

Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount

Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would

hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their

fathers by the hand of Moses.

3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,

and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 3:6 And they

took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to

their sons, and served their gods.

3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and

forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he

sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and

the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them,

even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel,

and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of

Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against

Chushanrishathaim.

3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz

died.

3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the

LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,

because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and

went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen

years.

3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man

lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto

Eglon the king of Moab.

3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit

length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was

a very fat man.

3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away

the people that bare the present.

3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by

Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said,

Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour,

which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from

God unto thee.

And he arose out of his seat.

3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his

right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 3:22 And the haft also went

in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he

could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the

parlour upon him, and locked them.

3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,

behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he

covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened

not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened

them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the

quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in

the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him

from the mount, and he before them.

3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath

delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down

after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not

a man to pass over.

3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all

lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the

land had rest fourscore years.

3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the

Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered

Israel.

4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the

LORD, when Ehud was dead.

4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that

reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in

Harosheth of the Gentiles.

4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine

hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the

children of Israel.

4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel

at that time.

4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and

Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for

judgment.

4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of

Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel

commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee

ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of

Zebulun? 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera,

the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and

I will deliver him into thine hand.

4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go:

but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the

journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD

shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and

went with Barak to Kedesh.

4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up

with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the

father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and

pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up

to mount Tabor.

4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred

chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from

Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the

LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out

before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men

after him.

4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all

his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera

lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto

Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the

edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife

of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of

Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my

lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into

the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to

drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him

drink, and covered him.

4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it

shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is

there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an

hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into

his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep

and weary. So he died.

4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,

and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou

seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and

the nail was in his temples.

4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the

children of Israel.

4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed

against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king

of Canaan.

5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,

saying, 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the

people willingly offered themselves.

5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing

unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of

the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the

clouds also dropped water.

5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from

before the LORD God of Israel.

5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the

highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,

until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield

or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 5:9 My heart is toward

the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the

people. Bless ye the LORD.

5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and

walk by the way.

5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places

of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the

LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages

in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,

and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles

among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after

thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors,

and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and

also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of

Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of

the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of

heart.

5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?

Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives

unto the death in the high places of the field.

5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in

Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought

against Sisera.

5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the

river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,

the pransings of their mighty ones.

5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the

inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to

the help of the LORD against the mighty.

5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,

blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter

in a lordly dish.

5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's

hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head,

when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed,

he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through

the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the

wheels of his chariots? 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she

returned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not

divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of

divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers

colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that

take the spoil? 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let

them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And

the land had rest forty years.

6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and

the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of

the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in

the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,

and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up

against them; 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the

increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no

sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came

as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were

without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and

the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the

LORD because of the Midianites, 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto

the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God

of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of

the house of bondage; 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the

Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave

them out from before you, and gave you their land; 6:10 And I said

unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites,

in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which

was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son

Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the

Midianites.

6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him,

The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why

then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our

fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?

but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of

the Midianites.

6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and

thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I

sent thee? 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I

save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the

least in my father's house.

6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou

shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,

then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring

forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry

until thou come again.

6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of

an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth

in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the

unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.

And he did so.

6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that

was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and

there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the

unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his

sight.

6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD,

Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the

LORD face to face.

6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou

shalt not die.

6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it

Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,

Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven

years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and

cut down the grove that is by it: 6:26 And build an altar unto the

LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take

the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the

grove which thou shalt cut down.

6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had

said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's

household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day,

that he did it by night.

6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,

the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was

by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was

built.

6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when

they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done

this thing.

6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that

he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because

he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for

Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to

death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for

himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal

plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of

the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the

valley of Jezreel.

6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a

trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was

gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto

Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand,

as thou hast said, 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the

floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all

the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine

hand, as thou hast said.

6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the

fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of

water.

6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me,

and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this

once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon

all the ground let there be dew.

6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only,

and there was dew on all the ground.

7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with

him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the

host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of

Moreh, in the valley.

7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are

too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel

vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,

Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from

mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two

thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring

them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it

shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the

same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall

not go with thee, the same shall not go.

7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said

unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a

dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that

boweth down upon his knees to drink.

7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their

mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed

down upon their knees to drink water.

7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that

lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand:

and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and

he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained

those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the

valley.

7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,

Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine

hand.

7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down

to the host: 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward

shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went

he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that

were in the host.

7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the

east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and

their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for

multitude.

7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a

dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a

cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a

tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay

along.

7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the

sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand

hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and

the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the

host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your

hand the host of Midian.

7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he

put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps

within the pitchers.

7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,

when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so

shall ye do.

7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow

ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword

of the LORD, and of Gideon.

7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the

outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had

but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the

pitchers that were in their hands.

7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the

pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in

their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the

LORD, and of Gideon.

7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and

all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every

man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the

host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of

Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of

Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after

the Midianites.

7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying,

come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto

Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves

together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and

they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress

of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to

Gideon on the other side Jordan.

8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us

thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the

Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you?

Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage

of Abiezer? 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of

Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you?

Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three

hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of

bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am

pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and

Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and

Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns

of the wilderness and with briers.

8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and

the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come

again in peace, I will break down this tower.

8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,

about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the

children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand

men that drew sword.

8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the

east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was

secure.

8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took

the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the

host.

8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun

was up, 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and

enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and

the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and

Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah

and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men

that are weary? 8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns

of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of

Succoth.

8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the

city.

8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were

they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were

they; each one resembled the children of a king.

8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother:

as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the

youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as

the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and

Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels'

necks.

8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both

thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us

from the hand of Midian.

8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither

shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that

ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had

golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25 And they

answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and

did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a

thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and

collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and

beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in

Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing

became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that

they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness

forty years in the days of Gideon.

8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for

he had many wives.

8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son,

whose name he called Abimelech.

8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was

buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the

Abiezrites.

8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the

children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and

made Baalberith their god.

8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who

had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every

side: 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal,

namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto

Israel.

9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his

mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of

the house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in

the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either

that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons,

reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am

your bone and your flesh.

9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men

of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow

Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the

house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons,

which followed him.

9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his

brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon

one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal

was left; for he hid himself.

9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of

Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar

that was in Shechem.

9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of

mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them,

Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and

they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,

wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over

the trees? 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and

reign over us.

9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness,

and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:12 Then

said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which

cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:14 Then

said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me

king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not,

let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye

have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and

his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his

hands; 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life

far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 9:18 And ye are

risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons,

threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech,

the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he

is your brother;) 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with

Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech,

and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 But if not, let fire come out

from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo;

and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of

Millo, and devour Abimelech.

9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there,

for fear of Abimelech his brother.

9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 9:23 Then God

sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the

men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 That the

cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come,

and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them;

and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his

brethren.

9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of

the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them:

and it was told Abimelech.

9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to

Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,

and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their

god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is

Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and

Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for

why should we serve him? 9:29 And would to God this people were under

my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech,

Increase thine army, and come out.

9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the

son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold,

Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold,

they fortify the city against thee.

9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee,

and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 And it shall be, that in the

morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon

the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come

out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find

occasion.

9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by

night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of

the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were

with him, from lying in wait.

9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there

come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto

him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the

middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of

Meonenim.

9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou

saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the

people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with

them.

9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with

Abimelech.

9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were

overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his

brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into

the field; and they told Abimelech.

9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies,

and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were

come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote

them.

9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward,

and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other

companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew

them.

9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took

the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the

city, and sowed it with salt.

9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they

entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of

Shechem were gathered together.

9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people

that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut

down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder,

and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do,

make haste, and do as I have done.

9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and

followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire

upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also,

about a thousand men and women.

9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and

took it.

9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled

all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them,

and gat them up to the top of the tower.

9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and

went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's

head, and all to brake his skull.

9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and

said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A

women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they

departed every man unto his place.

9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto

his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 9:57 And all the evil of

the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came

the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of

Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in

mount Ephraim.

10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was

buried in Shamir.

10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty

and two years.

10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they

had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which

are in the land of Gilead.

10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the

LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the

gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of

Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and

served not him.

10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold

them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the

children of Ammon.

10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:

eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side

Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also

against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim;

so that Israel was sore distressed.

10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have

sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also

served Baalim.

10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver

you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of

Ammon, and from the Philistines? 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the

Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and

I delivered you out of their hand.

10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will

deliver you no more.

10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver

you in the time of your tribulation.

10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned:

do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we

pray thee, this day.

10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served

the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped

in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together,

and encamped in Mizpeh.

10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What

man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he

shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was

the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and

they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in

our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of

Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with

him.

11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of

Ammon made war against Israel.

11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against

Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of

Tob: 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that

we may fight with the children of Ammon.

11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me,

and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now

when ye are in distress? 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto

Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go

with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over

all the inhabitants of Gilead.

11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home

again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver

them before me, shall I be your head? 11:10 And the elders of Gilead

said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so

according to thy words.

11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people

made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his

words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of

Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come

against me to fight in my land? 11:13 And the king of the children of

Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took

away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto

Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again

peaceably.

11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children

of Ammon: 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took

not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the

wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 Then Israel

sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee,

pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto.

And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not

consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the

land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the

land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not

within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the

king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee,

through thy land into my place.

11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but

Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and

fought against Israel.

11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people

into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all

the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon

even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites

from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 11:24

Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to

possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before

us, them will we possess.

11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,

king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight

against them, 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and

in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the

coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover

them within that time? 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against

thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be

judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of

Ammon.

11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the

words of Jephthah which he sent him.

11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed

over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from

Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt

without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 11:31 Then

it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to

meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall

surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight

against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,

even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very

great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the

children of Israel.

11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his

daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she

was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes,

and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou

art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the

LORD, and I cannot go back.

11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth

unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of

thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of

thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let

me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and

bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she

went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the

mountains.

11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned

unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had

vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 11:40 That

the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah

the Gileadite four days in a year.

12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went

northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to

fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with

thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife

with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not

out of their hands.

12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my

hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD

delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me

this day, to fight against me? 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together

all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead

smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of

Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the

Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were

escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him,

Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 12:6 Then said they unto him,

Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to

pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages

of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and

two thousand.

12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the

Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent

abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he

judged Israel seven years.

12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.

12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged

Israel ten years.

12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the

country of Zebulun.

12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged

Israel.

12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on

threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried

in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the

LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines

forty years.

13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the

Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto

her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt

conceive, and bear a son.

13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong

drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt

conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the

child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin

to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God

came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel

of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told

he me his name: 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive,

and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat

any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the

womb to the day of his death.

13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man

of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we

shall do unto the child that shall be born.

13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God

came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her

husband was not with her.

13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and

said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto

me the other day.

13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,

and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And

he said, I am.

13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we

order the child, and how shall we do unto him? 13:13 And the angel of

the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her

beware.

13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither

let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all

that I commanded her let her observe.

13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us

detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain

me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt

offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that

he was an angel of the LORD.

13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,

that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 13:18 And

the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my

name, seeing it is secret? 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat

offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did

wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from

off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the

altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces

to the ground.

13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to

his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we

have seen God.

13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us,

he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our

hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as

at this time have told us such things as these.

13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the

child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the

camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of

the daughters of the Philistines.

14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I

have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now

therefore get her for me to wife.

14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a

woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people,

that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And

Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD,

that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time

the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath,

and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared

against him.

14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent

him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but

he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased

Samson well.

14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to

see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees

and honey in the carcase of the lion.

14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to

his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told

not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a

feast; for so used the young men to do.

14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty

companions to be with him.

14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto

you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the

feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty

change of garments: 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall

ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said

unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.

14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out

of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days

expound the riddle.

14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto

Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the

riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye

called us to take that we have? is it not so? 14:16 And Samson's wife

wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not:

thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast

not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my

father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 14:17 And she wept

before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to

pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon

him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before

the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger

than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my

heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to

Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave

change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger

was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used

as his friend.

15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat

harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will

go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him

to go in.

15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly

hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger

sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless

than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took

firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst

between two tails.

15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the

standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and

also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,

Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife,

and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt

her and her father with fire.

15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I

be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he

went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread

themselves in Lehi.

15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And

they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath

done to us.

15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock

Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are

rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said

unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we

may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said

unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast,

and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.

And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the

rock.

15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him:

and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that

were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his

bands loosed from off his hands.

15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand,

and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,

with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that

he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place

Ramathlehi.

15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou

hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and

now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the

uncircumcised? 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the

jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit

came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof

Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty

years.

16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in

unto her.

16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And

they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of

the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when

it is day, we shall kill him.

16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the

doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with

them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them

up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the

valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto

her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what

means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him;

and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy

great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict

thee.

16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs

that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green

withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the

chamber.

And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he

brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the

fire. So his strength was not known.

16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and

told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be

bound.

16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that

never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and

said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were

liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his

arms like a thread.

16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and

told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said

unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The

Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and

went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when

thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and

hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words,

and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 16:17 That he

told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor

upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's

womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall

become weak, and be like any other man.

16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she

sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this

once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the

Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man,

and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she

began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke

out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before,

and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.

16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought

him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did

grind in the prison house.

16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was

shaven.

16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to

offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they

said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they

said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the

destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they

said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for

Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set

him between the pillars.

16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer

me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I

may lean upon them.

16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of

the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three

thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember

me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O

God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the

house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right

hand, and of the other with his left.

16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed

himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and

upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at

his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and

took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol

in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty

years.

17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver

that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of

also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his

mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to

his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto

the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten

image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took

two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made

thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house

of Micah.

17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and

teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that

which was right in his own eyes.

17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of

Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to

sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to

the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto

him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may

find a place.

17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father

and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year,

and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young

man was unto him as one of his sons.

17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his

priest, and was in the house of Micah.

17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good,

seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the

tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto

that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the

tribes of Israel.

18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their

coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the

land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land:

who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they

lodged there.

18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the

young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him,

Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what

hast thou here? 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth

Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that

we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is

your way wherein ye go.

18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people

that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the

Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land,

that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the

Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their

brethren said unto them, What say ye? 18:9 And they said, Arise, that

we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it

is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to

possess the land.

18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large

land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no

want of any thing that is in the earth.

18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of

Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of

war.

18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah:

wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it

is behind Kirjathjearim.

18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the

house of Micah.

18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of

Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these

houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?

now therefore consider what ye have to do.

18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young

man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,

which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came

in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the

teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering

of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons

of war.

18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image,

the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the

priest unto them, What do ye? 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy

peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a

father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the

house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family

in Israel? 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the

ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst

of the people.

18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the

cattle and the carriage before them.

18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men

that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together,

and overtook the children of Dan.

18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their

faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with

such a company? 18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I

made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and

what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 18:25 And the

children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us,

lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the

lives of thy household.

18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that

they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest

which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet

and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt

the city with fire.

18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and

they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth

by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan

their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city

was Laish at the first.

18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan,

the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests

to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all

the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in

Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of

mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away

from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four

whole months.

19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto

her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple

of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the

father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he

abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged

there.

19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in

the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said

unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and

afterward go your way.

19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together:

for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray

thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:

therefore he lodged there again.

19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and

the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they

tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and

his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him,

Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all

night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart

may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou

mayest go home.

19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and

departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there

were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the

servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in

into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into

the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will

pass over to Gibeah.

19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one

of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down

upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah:

and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for

there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the

field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in

Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in

the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and

whence comest thou? 19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing from

Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and

I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD;

and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there

is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young

man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy

wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the

asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of

the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and

beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man,

saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may

know him.

19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and

said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly;

seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I

will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth

good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his

concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and

abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to

spring, they let her go.

19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at

the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the

house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his

concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were

upon the threshold.

19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none

answered.

Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him

unto his place.

19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid

hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into

twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed

done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of

the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and

speak your minds.

20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation

was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the

land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of

Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God,

four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel

were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us,

how was this wickedness? 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the

woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that

belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round

about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine

have they forced, that she is dead.

20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her

throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have

committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and

counsel.

20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of

us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we

will go up by lot against it; 20:10 And we will take ten men of an

hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a

thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the

people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,

according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit

together as one man.

20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of

Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which

are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from

Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of

their brethren the children of Israel.

20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of

the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of

Israel.

20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of

the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the

inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men

lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not

miss.

20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four

hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of

God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first

to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said,

Judah shall go up first.

20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped

against Gibeah.

20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and

the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at

Gibeah.

20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and

destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two

thousand men.

20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set

their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in

array the first day.

20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD

until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again

to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD

said, Go up against him.) 20:24 And the children of Israel came near

against the children of Benjamin the second day.

20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second

day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again

eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up,

and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the

LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and

peace offerings before the LORD.

20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of

the covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 And Phinehas, the

son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,)

saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of

Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for

to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of

Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah,

as at other times.

20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and

were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people,

and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to

the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty

men of Israel.

20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before

us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and

draw them from the city unto the highways.

20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put

themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came

forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all

Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near

them.

20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of

Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand

and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the

men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto

the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the

liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the

edge of the sword.

20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and

the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise

up out of the city.

20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began

to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they

said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a

pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the

flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin

were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto

the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them

which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them,

and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the

sunrising.

20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were

men of valour.

20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of

Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men;

and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of

them.

20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five

thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the

rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of

Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men

of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set

on fire all the cities that they came to.

21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall

not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till

even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 21:3 And

said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that

there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 21:4 And it came

to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an

altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the

tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD?

For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the

LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their

brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have

sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to

wives? 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel

that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none

to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the

inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.

21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the

valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants

of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the

children.

21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy

every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four

hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male:

and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of

Canaan.

21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of

Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto

them.

21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives

which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so

they sufficed them not.

21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD

had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for

wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of

Benjamin? 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them

that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of

Israel.

21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the

children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife

to Benjamin.

21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh

yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east

side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the

south of Lebonah.

21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go

and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21:21 And see, and, behold, if the

daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of

the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of

Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto

us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them

for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the

war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be

guilty.

21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives,

according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and

they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the

cities, and dwelt in them.

21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every

man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence

every man to his inheritance.

21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that

which was right in his own eyes.

The Book of Ruth

1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there

was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to

sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife

Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of

Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued

there.

1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two

sons.

1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one

was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there

about ten years.

1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was

left of her two sons and her husband.

1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return

from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how

that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her

two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto

the land of Judah.

1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to

her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt

with the dead, and with me.

1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house

of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice,

and wept.

1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy

people.

1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me?

are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your

husbands? 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too

old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have

an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 1:13 Would ye

tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from

having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your

sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed

her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her

people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from

following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where

thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God

my God: 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:

the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and

me.

1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then

she left speaking unto her.

1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to

pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved

about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 1:20 And she said unto

them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt

very bitterly with me.

1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty:

why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me,

and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth

the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of

the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of

barley harvest.

2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,

of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the

field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find

grace.

And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the

reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging

unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers,

The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,

Whose damsel is this? 2:6 And the servant that was set over the

reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back

with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 And she said, I pray you,

let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she

came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she

tarried a little in the house.

2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to

glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by

my maidens: 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and

go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall

not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and

drink of that which the young men have drawn.

2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and

said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou

shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 2:11 And Boaz

answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that

thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine

husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the

land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest

not heretofore.

2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of

the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that

thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto

thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of

the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the

reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was

sufficed, and left.

2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,

saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and

leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had

gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law

saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that

she had reserved after she was sufficed.

2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to

day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge

of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought,

and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the

LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the

dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of

our next kinsmen.

2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt

keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my

daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not

in any other field.

2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of

barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I

not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 3:2 And now is

not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he

winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon

thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto

the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the

place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,

and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that

her mother in law bade her.

3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he

went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,

and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and

turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine

handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art

a near kinsman.

3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou

hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,

inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou

requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a

virtuous woman.

3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a

kinsman nearer than I.

3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will

perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the

kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee,

then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie

down until the morning.

3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before

one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman

came into the floor.

3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold

it.

And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it

on her: and she went into the city.

3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou,

my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he

said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the

matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have

finished the thing this day.

4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,

behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho,

such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat

down.

4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye

down here. And they sat down.

4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the

country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother

Elimelech's: 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it

before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou

wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell

me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I

am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of

Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the

dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar

mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot

redeem it.

4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning

redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man

plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a

testimony in Israel.

4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew

off his shoe.

4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are

witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and

all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased

to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance,

that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and

from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said,

We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine

house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of

Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare

unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young

woman.

4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto

her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath

not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous

in Israel.

4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher

of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is

better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became

nurse unto it.

4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a

son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of

Jesse, the father of David.

4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadab

begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz,

and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

The First Book of Samuel

Otherwise Called:

The First Book of the Kings

1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim,

and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the

son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 1:2 And he had two wives;

the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah:

and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to

sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,

Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah

his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1:5 But

unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the

LORD had shut up her womb.

1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,

because the LORD had shut up her womb.

1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of

the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?

and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better

to thee than ten sons? 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in

Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat

by a post of the temple of the LORD.

1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and

wept sore.

1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt

indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and

not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man

child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life,

and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD,

that Eli marked her mouth.

1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her

voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away

thy wine from thee.

1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a

sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have

poured out my soul before the LORD.

1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the

abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel

grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the

woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the

LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew

Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after

Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel,

saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the

LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not

go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he

may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;

tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So

the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three

bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought

him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the

woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition

which I asked of him: 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD;

as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped

the LORD there.

2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine

horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;

because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:

neither is there any rock like our God.

2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of

your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are

weighed.

2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are

girded with strength.

2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they

that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she

that hath many children is waxed feeble.

2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave,

and bringeth up.

2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and

lifteth up.

2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar

from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit

the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and

he hath set the world upon them.

2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be

silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of

heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of

the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the

horn of his anointed.

2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did

minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man

offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in

seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 2:14 And he

struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the

fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in

Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and

said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest;

for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat

presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would

answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will

take it by force.

2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the

LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with

a linen ephod.

2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him

from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the

yearly sacrifice.

2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give

thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And

they went unto their own home.

2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare

three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the

LORD.

2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all

Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your

evil dealings by all this people.

2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the

LORD's people to transgress.

2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if

a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding

they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD

would slay them.

2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the

LORD, and also with men.

2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus

saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father,

when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 2:28 And did I choose him

out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine

altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give

unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the

children of Israel? 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at

mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest

thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the

offerings of Israel my people? 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel

saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father,

should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from

me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me

shall be lightly esteemed.

2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm

of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine

house.

2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth

which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in

thine house for ever.

2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,

shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the

increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two

sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according

to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a

sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine

house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel

of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests'

offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the

word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his

place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3:3 And

ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark

of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 3:4 That the LORD

called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me.

And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went

to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered,

I called not, my son; lie down again.

3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the

LORD yet revealed unto him.

3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and

went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli

perceived that the LORD had called the child.

3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if

he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant

heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times,

Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,

at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have

spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the

iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and

he restrained them not.

3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the

iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor

offering for ever.

3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the

house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he

answered, Here am I.

3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?

I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if

thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he

said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of

his words fall to the ground.

3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was

established to be a prophet of the LORD.

3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed

himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out

against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and

the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and

when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines:

and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel

said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the

Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of

Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of

the hand of our enemies.

4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence

the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between

the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were

there with the ark of the covenant of God.

4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp,

all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,

What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?

And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.

4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into

the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a

thing heretofore.

4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty

Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues

in the wilderness.

4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye

be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit

yourselves like men, and fight.

4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled

every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for

there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and

Phinehas, were slain.

4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to

Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his

head.

4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside

watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man

came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth

the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,

that he could not see.

4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and

I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my

son? 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before

the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the

people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the

ark of God is taken.

4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that

he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his

neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had

judged Israel forty years.

4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to

be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was

taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed

herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said

unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not,

neither did she regard it.

4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed

from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her

father in law and her husband.

4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of

God is taken.

5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from

Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the

house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon

was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And

they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was

fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the

head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the

threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into

Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this

day.

5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he

destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the

coasts thereof.

5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark

of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore

upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines

unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of

Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried

about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about

thither.

5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of

the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he

smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods

in their secret parts.

5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass,

as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying,

They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us

and our people.

5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the

Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let

it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for

there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of

God was very heavy there.

5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the

cry of the city went up to heaven.

6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines

seven months.

6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,

saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we

shall send it to his place.

6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send

it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye

shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not

removed from you.

6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall

return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden

mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one

plague was on you all, and on your lords.

6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your

mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of

Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from

off your gods, and from off your land.

6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and

Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among

them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 6:7 Now

therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there

hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their

calves home from them: 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it

upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a

trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away,

that it may go.

6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to

Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we

shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that

happened to us.

6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the

cart, and shut up their calves at home: 6:11 And they laid the ark of

the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the

images of their emerods.

6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and

went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to

the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went

after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the

valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced

to see it.

6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and

stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of

the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.

6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer

that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the

great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and

sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they

returned to Ekron the same day.

6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned

for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one,

for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18 And the golden

mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines

belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country

villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the

ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of

Joshua, the Bethshemite.

6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into

the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and

threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had

smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this

holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 6:21 And they sent

messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The

Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and

fetch it up to you.

7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the

LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and

sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that

the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of

Israel lamented after the LORD.

7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do

return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange

gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the

LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of

the Philistines.

7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and

served the LORD only.

7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for

you unto the LORD.

7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured

it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We

have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel

in Mizpeh.

7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were

gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up

against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were

afraid of the Philistines.

7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto

the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the

Philistines.

7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt

offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for

Israel; and the LORD heard him.

7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines

drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a

great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;

and they were smitten before Israel.

7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the

Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.

7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and

called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped

us.

7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the

coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines

all the days of Samuel.

7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were

restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof

did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was

peace between Israel and the Amorites.

7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,

and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there

he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons

judges over Israel.

8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his

second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,

and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and

came to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art

old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us

like all the nations.

8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to

judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the

people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected

thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that

I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have

forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest

solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall

reign over them.

8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that

asked of him a king.

8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign

over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for

his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his

chariots.

8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains

over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his

harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his

chariots.

8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be

cooks, and to be bakers.

8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your

oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,

and give to his officers, and to his servants.

8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and

your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his

servants.

8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye

shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and

they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 8:20 That we also may

be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out

before us, and fight our battles.

8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed

them in the ears of the LORD.

8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make

them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man

unto his city.

9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of

Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a

Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a

goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier

person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any

of the people.

9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to

Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go

seek the asses.

9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land

of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the

land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the

land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his

servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father

leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of

God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to

pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that

we should go.

9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall

we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is

not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 9:8 And the

servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the

fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God,

to tell us our way.

9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he

spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a

Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 9:10 Then said Saul to his

servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where

the man of God was.

9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young

maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before

you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a

sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 9:13 As soon as ye

be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up

to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come,

because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be

bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find

him.

9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the

city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high

place.

9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,

saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of

the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my

people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the

Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is

come unto me.

9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man

whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I

pray thee, where the seer's house is.

9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before

me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow

I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy

mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of

Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 9:21 And

Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the

tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the

tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? 9:22 And

Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour,

and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden,

which were about thirty persons.

9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave

thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it,

and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!

set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for

thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with

Samuel that day.

9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city,

Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the

day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that

I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them,

he and Samuel, abroad.

9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said

to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but

stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and

kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to

be captain over his inheritance? 10:2 When thou art departed from me

to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the

border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses

which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left

the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do

for my son? 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou

shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men

going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another

carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread;

which thou shalt receive of their hands.

10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the

garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art

come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets

coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a

pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 10:6 And the

Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with

them, and shalt be turned into another man.

10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do

as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will

come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice

sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I

come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from

Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass

that day.

10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of

prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he

prophesied among them.

10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,

behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to

another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also

among the prophets? 10:12 And one of the same place answered and

said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul

also among the prophets? 10:13 And when he had made an end of

prophesying, he came to the high place.

10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went

ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no

where, we came to Samuel.

10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said

unto you.

10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses

were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he

told him not.

10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the

hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of

them that oppressed you: 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God,

who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your

tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us.

Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and

by your thousands.

10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come

near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their

families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was

taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should

yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself

among the stuff.

10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the

people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and

upward.

10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath

chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the

people shouted, and said, God save the king.

10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote

it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the

people away, every man to his house.

10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a

band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And

they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.

11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against

Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a

covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I

make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes,

and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days'

respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel:

and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings

in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices,

and wept.

11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul

said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the

tidings of the men of Jabesh.

11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,

and his anger was kindled greatly.

11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent

them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers,

saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so

shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the

people, and they came out with one consent.

11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were

three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say

unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot,

ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men

of Jabesh; and they were glad.

11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out

unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three

companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning

watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came

to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them

were not left together.

11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul

reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day:

for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,

and renew the kingdom there.

11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king

before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of

peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of

Israel rejoiced greatly.

12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto

your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and

grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked

before you from my childhood unto this day.

12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before

his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or

whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I

received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it

you.

12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,

neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his

anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand.

And they answered, He is witness.

12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced

Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of

Egypt.

12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the

LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to

your fathers.

12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the

LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your

fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the

hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the

Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought

against them.

12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because

we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but

now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and

Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every

side, and ye dwelled safe.

12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon

came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over

us: when the LORD your God was your king.

12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye

have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and

not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and

also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your

God: 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel

against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD

be against you, as it was against your fathers.

12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD

will do before your eyes.

12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and

he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your

wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in

asking you a king.

12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and

rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto

the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins

this evil, to ask us a king.

12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this

wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the

LORD with all your heart; 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should

ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are

vain.

12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's

sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the

LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the

right way: 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all

your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye

and your king.

13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over

Israel, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two

thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a

thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the

people he sent every man to his tent.

13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in

Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet

throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the

Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the

Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with

Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and

people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they

came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the

people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves,

and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and

Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed

him trembling.

13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel

had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were

scattered from him.

13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace

offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of

offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to

meet him, that he might salute him.

13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I

saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not

within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered

themselves together at Michmash; 13:12 Therefore said I, The

Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made

supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a

burnt offering.

13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not

kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for

now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him

a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be

captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the

LORD commanded thee.

13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of

Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,

about six hundred men.

13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present

with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped

in Michmash.

13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in

three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to

Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 13:18 And another company turned the

way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border

that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel:

for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen

every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and

for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither

sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with

Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there

found.

13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of

Michmash.

14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul

said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over

to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told

not his father.

14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a

pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him

were about six hundred men; 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub,

Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's

priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that

Jonathan was gone.

14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over

unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one

side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was

Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against

Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come,

and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be

that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD

to save by many or by few.

14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine

heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and

we will discover ourselves unto them.

14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we

will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for

the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign

unto us.

14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the

Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth

out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his

armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing.

And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the

LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and

his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his

armourbearer slew after him.

14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer

made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land,

which a yoke of oxen might plow.

14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all

the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and

the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,

behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one

another.

14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now,

and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold,

Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.

14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the

ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the

noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased:

and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled

themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's

sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that

time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round

about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with

Saul and Jonathan.

14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount

Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also

followed hard after them in the battle.

14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over

unto Bethaven.

14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had

adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food

until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the

people tasted any food.

14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey

upon the ground.

14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey

dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared

the oath.

14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with

the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his

hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth;

and his eyes were enlightened.

14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly

charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth

any food this day. And the people were faint.

14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I

pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a

little of this honey.

14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of

the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been

now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 14:31 And they

smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the

people were very faint.

14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,

and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them

with the blood.

14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the

LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have

transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say

unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep,

and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating

with the blood.

And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and

slew them there.

14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first

altar that he built unto the LORD.

14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night,

and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of

them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said

the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the

Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he

answered him not that day.

14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people:

and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in

Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among

all the people that answered him.

14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and

Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto

Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect

lot.

And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And

Jonathan was taken.

14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And

Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the

end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt

surely die, Jonathan.

14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath

wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD

liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for

he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan,

that he died not.

14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the

Philistines went to their own place.

14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his

enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of

Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against

the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered

Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua:

and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the

firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 14:50 And the

name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name

of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was

the son of Abiel.

14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of

Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took

him unto him.

15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be

king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the

voice of the words of the LORD.

15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to

Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from

Egypt.

15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,

and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling,

ox and sheep, camel and ass.

15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in

Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from

among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed

kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of

Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to

Shur, that is over against Egypt.

15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly

destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep,

and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was

good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was

vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 15:11 It

repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back

from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it

grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was

told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a

place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou

of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in

mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15:15 And Saul

said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people

spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the

LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the

LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast

thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed

thee king over Israel? 15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and

said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight

against them until they be consumed.

15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but

didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the

LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought

Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of

the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto

the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt

offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold,

to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is

as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the

LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have

transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I

feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with

me, that I may worship the LORD.

15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou

hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee

from being king over Israel.

15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the

skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of

Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine,

that is better than thou.

15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he

is not a man, that he should repent.

15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee,

before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with

me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the

Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely

the bitterness of death is past.

15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so

shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in

pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to

Gibeah of Saul.

15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:

nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he

had made Saul king over Israel.

16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,

seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn

with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I

have provided me a king among his sons.

16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.

And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to

sacrifice to the LORD.

16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou

shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem.

And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest

thou peaceably? 16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice

unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.

And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the

sacrifice.

16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on

Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.

16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on

the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD

seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but

the LORD looketh on the heart.

16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And

he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the

LORD chosen this.

16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And

Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he

said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the

sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not

sit down till he come hither.

16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of

a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said,

Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst

of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that

day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil

spirit from the LORD troubled him.

16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit

from God troubleth thee.

16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to

seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come

to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall

play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can

play well, and bring him to me.

16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen

a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a

mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a

comely person, and the LORD is with him.

16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me

David thy son, which is with the sheep.

16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine,

and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him

greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand

before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon

Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was

refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and

were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and

pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and

pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the

Philistines.

17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and

Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley

between them.

17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,

named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed

with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand

shekels of brass.

17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass

between his shoulders.

17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his

spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a

shield went before him.

17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto

them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a

Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let

him come down to me.

17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be

your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall

ye be our servants, and serve us.

17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;

give me a man, that we may fight together.

17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,

they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,

whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among

men for an old man in the days of Saul.

17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the

battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were

Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third

Shammah.

17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep

at Bethlehem.

17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented

himself forty days.

17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an

ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp

of thy brethren; 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of

their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the

valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with

a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came

to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted

for the battle.

17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army

against army.

17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the

carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,

the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the

Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard

them.

17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,

and were sore afraid.

17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come

up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the

man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and

will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in

Israel.

17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall

be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the

reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that

he should defy the armies of the living God? 17:27 And the people

answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man

that killeth him.

17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men;

and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest

thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the

wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for

thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same

manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed

them before Saul: and he sent for him.

17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him;

thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this

Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man

of war from his youth.

17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,

and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of

his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard,

and smote him, and slew him.

17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this

uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath

defied the armies of the living God.

17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw

of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of

the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the

LORD be with thee.

17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of

brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to

go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go

with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth

stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he

had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near

to the Philistine.

17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man

that bare the shield went before him.

17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he

disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair

countenance.

17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest

to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give

thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a

sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the

name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou

hast defied.

17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will

smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the

carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the

air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know

that there is a God in Israel.

17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with

sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you

into our hands.

17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and

drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army

to meet the Philistine.

17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and

slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone

sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a

stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword

in the hand of David.

17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his

sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut

off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion

was dead, they fled.

17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and

pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the

gates of Ekron.

And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim,

even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the

Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to

Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said

unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?

And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,

Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the

Philistine in his hand.

17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And

David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto

Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and

Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to

his father's house.

18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as

his own soul.

18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and

gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow,

and to his girdle.

18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved

himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was

accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of

Saul's servants.

18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from

the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities

of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with

joy, and with instruments of musick.

18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul

hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he

said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have

ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God

came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David

played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in

Saul's hand.

18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even

to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and

was departed from Saul.

18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain

over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD

was with him.

18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he

was afraid of him.

18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and

came in before them.

18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will

I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's

battles.

For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the

Philistines be upon him.

18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my

father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter

should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the

Meholathite to wife.

18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and

the thing pleased him.

18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to

him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.

Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in

the one of the twain.

18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David

secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his

servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And

David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law,

seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 18:24 And the

servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not

any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged

of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand

of the Philistines.

18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David

well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.

18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the

Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and

they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's

son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that

Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became

David's enemy continually.

18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to

pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely

than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that

they should kill David.

19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan

told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now

therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and

abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 19:3 And I will go out and

stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune

with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said

unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David;

because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have

been to thee-ward very good: 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand,

and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for

all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt

thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 19:6

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the

LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those

things.

And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in

times past.

19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the

Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from

him.

19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his

house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the

javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the

javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and

to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying,

If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and

fled, and escaped.

19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a

pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is

sick.

19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring

him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image

in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and

sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He

said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 19:18 So David fled,

and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul

had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in

Ramah.

19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the

company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed

over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they

also prophesied.

19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they

prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time,

and they prophesied also.

19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in

Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one

said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God

was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to

Naioth in Ramah.

19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before

Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that

night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 20:1 And

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan,

What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy

father, that he seeketh my life? 20:2 And he said unto him, God

forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either

great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father

hide this thing from me? it is not so.

20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth

that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan

know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as

thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I

will even do it for thee.

20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon,

and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go,

that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked

leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a

yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if

he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast

brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee:

notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why

shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be

it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my

father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 20:10 Then

said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father

answer thee roughly? 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and

let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the

field.

20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have

sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and,

behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee,

and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but

if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and

send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with

thee, as he hath been with my father.

20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of

the LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy

kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off

the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let

the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him:

for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou

shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down

quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the

business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I

shot at a mark.

20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows.

If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side

of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no

hurt; as the LORD liveth.

20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are

beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,

behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was

come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a

seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side,

and David's place was empty.

20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,

Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of

the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan

his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither

yesterday, nor to day? 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David

earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Let

me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and

my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found

favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my

brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto

him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that

thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the

confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 20:31 For as long as the son of

Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy

kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely

die.

20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,

Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? 20:33 And Saul cast a

javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was

determined of his father to slay David.

20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no

meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,

because his father had done him shame.

20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into

the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I

shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which

Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the

arrow beyond thee? 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make

speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and

came to his master.

20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the

matter.

20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him,

Go, carry them to the city.

20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place

toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed

himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with

another, until David exceeded.

20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have

sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between

me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose

and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was

afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone,

and no man with thee? 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest,

The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no

man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I

have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such

a place.

21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of

bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread

under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have

kept themselves at least from women.

21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth

women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out,

and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a

manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread

there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put

hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,

detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the

chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine

hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my

weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom

thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a

cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is

no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give

it me.

21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to

Achish the king of Gath.

21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the

king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances,

saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid

of Achish the king of Gath.

21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself

mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let

his spittle fall down upon his beard.

21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:

wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 21:15 Have I need of mad

men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my

presence? shall this fellow come into my house? 22:1 David therefore

departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his

brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither

to him.

22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in

debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto

him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about

four hundred men.

22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the

king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth,

and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with

him all the while that David was in the hold.

22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;

depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and

came into the forest of Hareth.

22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were

with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his

spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 22:7

Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye

Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and

vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of

hundreds; 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is

none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of

Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto

me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait,

as at this day? 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set

over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to

Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and

gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of

Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and

they came all of them to the king.

22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,

Here I am, my lord.

22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou

and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword,

and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to

lie in wait, as at this day? 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king,

and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David,

which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is

honourable in thine house? 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God

for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his

servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew

nothing of all this, less or more.

22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and

all thy father's house.

22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,

and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with

David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me.

But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall

upon the priests of the LORD.

22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.

And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on

that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the

sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and

asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named

Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's

priests.

22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the

Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned

the death of all the persons of thy father's house.

22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life

seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight

against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and

smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite

the Philistines, and save Keilah.

23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in

Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of

the Philistines? 23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And

the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will

deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the

Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a

great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to

David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul

said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by

entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to

Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him;

and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath

certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the

city for my sake.

23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul

come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech

thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men

into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.

23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and

departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it

was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go

forth.

23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained

in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every

day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David

was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood,

and strengthened his hand in God.

23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father

shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall

be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in

the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not

David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of

Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 23:20 Now therefore, O

king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down;

and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion

on me.

23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where

his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he

dealeth very subtilly.

23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places

where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty,

and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the

land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of

Judah.

23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his

men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of

Jeshimon.

23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;

wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of

Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the

wilderness of Maon.

23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his

men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for

fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round

about to take them.

23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and

come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went

against the Philistines: therefore they called that place

Selahammahlekoth.

23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at

Engedi.

24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the

Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the

wilderness of Engedi.

24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and

went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and

Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the

sides of the cave.

24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the

LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine

hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then

David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,

because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this

thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand

against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them

not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went

on his way.

24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried

after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him,

David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words,

saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 24:10 Behold, this day thine

eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine

hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared

thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for

he is the LORD's anointed.

24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my

hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee

not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in

mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my

soul to take it.

24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of

thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from

the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou

pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and

see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking

these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son

David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou

hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with

me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou

killedst me not.

24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?

wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me

this day.

24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and

that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut

off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my

father's house.

24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his

men gat them up unto the hold.

25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together,

and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David

arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;

and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a

thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife

Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful

countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he

was of the house of Caleb.

25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young

men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be

both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that

thou hast.

25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds

which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing

unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the

young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give,

I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to

thy son David.

25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to

all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and

who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break

away every man from his master.

25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I

have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not

whence they be? 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went

again, and came and told him all those sayings.

25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And

they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his

sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two

hundred abode by the stuff.

25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,

Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our

master; and he railed on them.

25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt,

neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them,

when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by

night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is

determined against our master, and against all his household: for he

is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two

bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of

parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred

cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come

after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the

covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against

her; and she met them.

25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this

fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that

pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of

all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against

the wall.

25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,

and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let

this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine

audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even

Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is

with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom

thou didst send.

25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul

liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed

blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine

enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my

lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the

LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord

fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee

all thy days.

25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the

soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy

God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out

of the middle of a sling.

25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my

lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,

and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 25:31 That this shall

be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that

thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself:

but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember

thine handmaid.

25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,

which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33 And blessed be thy advice,

and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed

blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath

kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to

meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning

light any that pisseth against the wall.

25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him,

and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have

hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his

house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within

him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or

more, until the morning light.

25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out

of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died

within him, and he became as a stone.

25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote

Nabal, that he died.

25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be

the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of

Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned

the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed

with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,

they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to

him to wife.

25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and

said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the

servants of my lord.

25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five

damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers

of David, and became his wife.

25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of

them his wives.

25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti

the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David

hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 26:2

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three

thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the

wilderness of Ziph.

26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before

Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw

that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come

in very deed.

26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched:

and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,

the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people

pitched round about him.

26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to

Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down

with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with

thee.

26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold,

Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground

at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into

thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with

the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the

second time.

26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch

forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? 26:10

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him;

or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and

perish.

26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against

the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is

at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's

bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it,

neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from

the LORD was fallen upon them.

26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of

an hill afar off; a great space being between them: 26:14 And David

cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest

thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that

criest to the king? 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a

valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast

thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in

to destroy the king thy lord.

26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth,

ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's

anointed.

And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was

at his bolster.

26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son

David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his

servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 26:19

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his

servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept

an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before

the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the

inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the

face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea,

as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will

no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this

day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let

one of the young men come over and fetch it.

26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his

faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I

would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.

26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes,

so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him

deliver me out of all tribulation.

26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou

shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David

went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the

hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should

speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall

despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I

escape out of his hand.

27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that

were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man

with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought

no more again for him.

27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine

eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may

dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with

thee? 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag

pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines

was a full year and four months.

27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and

the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the

inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of

Egypt.

27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive,

and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels,

and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David

said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the

Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to

Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and

so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the

Philistines.

27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people

Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for

ever.

28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered

their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish

said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me

to battle, thou and thy men.

28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant

can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of

mine head for ever.

28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried

him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that

had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and

pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they

pitched in Gilboa.

28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and

his heart greatly trembled.

28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,

neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a

familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his

servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar

spirit at Endor.

28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he

went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and

he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring

me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath

done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the

wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my

life, to cause me to die? 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD,

saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee

for this thing.

28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he

said, Bring me up Samuel.

28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and

the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou

art Saul.

28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?

And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old

man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived

that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and

bowed himself.

28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring

me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines

make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no

more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called

thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the

LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 28:17 And the

LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the

kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to

David: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor

executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done

this thing unto thee this day.

28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the

hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with

me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of

the Philistines.

28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore

afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in

him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled,

and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I

have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which

thou spakest unto me.

28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of

thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat,

that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants,

together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their

voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and

killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened

bread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his

servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that

night.

29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:

and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by

thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with

Achish.

29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews

here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not

this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been

with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him

since he fell unto me unto this day? 29:4 And the princes of the

Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines

said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his

place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us

to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith

should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the

heads of these men? 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to

another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten

thousands? 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely,

as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy

coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not

found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:

nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not

the lords of the Philistines.

29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast

thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this

day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good

in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the

Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's

servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the

morning, and have light, depart.

29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to

return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up

to Jezreel.

30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag

on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and

Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 30:2 And had

taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either

great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned

with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were

taken captives.

30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their

voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning

him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his

sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD

his God.

30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray

thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the

ephod to David.

30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this

troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou

shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and

came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred

abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the

brook Besor.

30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to

David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink

water; 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two

clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to

him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and

three nights.

30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art

thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite;

and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon

the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and

we burned Ziklag with fire.

30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company?

And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor

deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to

this company.

30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread

abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because

of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the

Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of

the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred

young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away:

and David rescued his two wives.

30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,

neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had

taken to them: David recovered all.

30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave

before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that

they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the

brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people

that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted

them.

30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those

that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will

not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every

man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and

depart.

30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that

which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the

company that came against us into our hand.

30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is

that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by

the stuff: they shall part alike.

30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute

and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the

elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you

of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 30:27 To them which were in

Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were

in Jattir, 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which

were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 And to

them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the

Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in

Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 30:31 And to them which

were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men

were wont to haunt.

31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel

fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons;

and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua,

Saul's sons.

31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him;

and he was sore wounded of the archers.

31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust

me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me

through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore

afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell

likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all

his men, that same day together.

31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the

valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men

of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the

cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to

strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in

mount Gilboa.

31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent

into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the

house of their idols, and among the people.

31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they

fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.

31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the

Philistines had done to Saul; 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and

went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons

from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at

Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

The Second Book of Samuel

Otherwise Called:

The Second Book of the Kings

1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was

returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two

days in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that,

behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent,

and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he

fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto

him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell

me.

And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of

the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are

dead also.

1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou

that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 1:6 And the young man that

told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul

leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed

hard after him.

1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And

I answered, Here am I.

1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an

Amalekite.

1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:

for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he

could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was

upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought

them hither unto my lord.

1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise

all the men that were with him: 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and

fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the

people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were

fallen by the sword.

1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?

And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch

forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? 1:15 And David

called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And

he smote him that he died.

1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy

mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's

anointed.

1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over

Jonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah

the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the

mighty fallen! 1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the

streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,

lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be

rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the

mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not

been anointed with oil.

1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow

of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in

their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they

were stronger than lions.

1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in

scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your

apparel.

1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,

thou wast slain in thine high places.

1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast

thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of

women.

1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 2:1

And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD,

saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD

said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he

said, Unto Hebron.

2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.

2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with

his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over

the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of

Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said

unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this

kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will

requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant:

for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have

anointed me king over them.

2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth

the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 And made him

king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over

Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign

over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed

David.

2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of

Judah was seven years and six months.

2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son

of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,

and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on

the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play

before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,

which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the

servants of David.

2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his

sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that

place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,

and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai,

and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the

right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he

answered, I am.

2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to

thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his

armour.

But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following

me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I

hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn

aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him

under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell

down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as

many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down

when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by

the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after

Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for

ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?

how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from

following their brethren? 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless

thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up

every one from following his brother.

2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and

pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain,

and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to

Mahanaim.

2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered

all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men

and Asahel.

2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's

men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his

father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night,

and they came to Hebron at break of day.

3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of

David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul

waxed weaker and weaker.

3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was

Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of

Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the

son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 And the

fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son

of Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These

were born to David in Hebron.

3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul

and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house

of Saul.

3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of

Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto

my father's concubine? 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of

Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew

kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren,

and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of

David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this

woman? 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD

hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 3:10 To translate the

kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over

Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared

him.

3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose

is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my

hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing

I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou

first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying,

Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred

foreskins of the Philistines.

3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from

Phaltiel the son of Laish.

3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to

Bahurim.

Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye

sought for David in times past to be king over you: 3:18 Now then do

it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my

servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the

Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also

to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to

Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And

David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather

all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with

thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.

And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a

troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with

David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told

Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent

him away, and he is gone in peace.

3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?

behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away,

and he is quite gone? 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he

came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and

to know all that thou doest.

3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after

Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew

it not.

3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the

gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth

rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are

guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of

Ner: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's

house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an

issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth

on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain

their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,

Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before

Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his

voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool

dieth? 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters:

as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the

people wept again over him.

3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it

was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I

taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as

whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was

not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a

prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 3:39 And I am this

day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be

too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to

his wickedness.

4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands

were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name

of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of

Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also

was reckoned to Benjamin.

4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there

until this day.) 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was

lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul

and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and

it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became

lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,

and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay

on a bed at noon.

4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they

would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and

Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his

bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and

took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and

said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine

enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the

king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of

Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who

hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 When one told me,

saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I

took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would

have given him a reward for his tidings: 4:11 How much more, when

wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his

bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and

take you away from the earth? 4:12 And David commanded his young men,

and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged

them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth,

and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and

spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that

leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou

shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king

David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they

anointed David king over Israel.

5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

forty years.

5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in

Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the

inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou

take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:

thinking, David cannot come in hither.

5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the

city of David.

5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,

and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated

of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said,

The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And

David built round about from Millo and inward.

5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was

with him.

5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,

and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over

Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's

sake.

5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,

after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters

born to David.

5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in

Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15 Ibhar

also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 And Elishama, and

Eliada, and Eliphalet.

5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king

over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David

heard of it, and went down to the hold.

5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of

Rephaim.

5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the

Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said

unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into

thine hand.

5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and

said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the

breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place

Baalperazim.

5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned

them.

5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in

the valley of Rephaim.

5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go

up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against

the mulberry trees.

5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops

of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then

shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the

Philistines.

5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the

Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,

thirty thousand.

6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him

from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose

name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between

the cherubims.

6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of

the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons

of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at

Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on

all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on

psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his

hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote

him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon

Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the

ark of the LORD come to me? 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of

the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside

into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the

Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his

household.

6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the

house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the

ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house

of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had

gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David

was girded with a linen ephod.

6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the

LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal

Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping

and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place,

in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and

David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings

and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of

hosts.

6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude

of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread,

and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people

departed every one to his house.

6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the

daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was

the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of

the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly

uncovereth himself! 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before

the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house,

to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel:

therefore will I play before the LORD.

6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine

own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them

shall I be had in honour.

6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day

of her death.

7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD

had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the king

said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar,

but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart;

for the LORD is with thee.

7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came

unto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the

LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 7:6 Whereas I

have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the

children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in

a tent and in a tabernacle.

7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of

Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I

commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an

house of cedar? 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant

David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,

from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 7:9

And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all

thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like

unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will

plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no

more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,

as beforetime, 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to

be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine

enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy

fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of

thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the

throne of his kingdom for ever.

7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit

iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes

of the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from

him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever

before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,

so did Nathan speak unto David.

7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said,

Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me

hitherto? 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord

GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great

while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 7:20 And

what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy

servant.

7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou

done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like

thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we

have heard with our ears.

7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like

Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make

him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land,

before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the

nations and their gods? 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy

people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art

become their God.

7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning

thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do

as thou hast said.

7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts

is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be

established before thee.

7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy

servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy

servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,

and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 7:29 Therefore

now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may

continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it:

and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for

ever.

8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines,

and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the

Philistines.

8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them

down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death,

and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became

David's servants, and brought gifts.

8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he

went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred

horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the

chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of

Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians

became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved

David whithersoever he went.

8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of

Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David

took exceeding much brass.

8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host

of Hadadezer, 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to

salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer,

and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought

with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver

and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 8:12

Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the

Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of

Rehob, king of Zobah.

8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the

Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he

garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD

preserved David whithersoever he went.

8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment

and justice unto all his people.

8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat

the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and

Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the

scribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the

Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of

Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2 And there

was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they

had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And

he said, Thy servant is he.

9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that

I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king,

Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the

king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in

Lodebar.

9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir,

the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was

come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David

said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! 9:7 And

David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness

for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of

Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou

shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? 9:9 Then the king called

to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy

master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.

9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the

land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's

son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat

bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty

servants.

9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the

king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for

Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the

king's sons.

9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all

that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at

the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of

Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of

Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to

comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's

servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their

lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath

sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants

unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one

half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even

to their buttocks, and sent them away.

10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the

men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until

your beards be grown, and then return.

10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David,

the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the

Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a

thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the

mighty men.

10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array

at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,

and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before

and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in

array against the Syrians: 10:10 And the rest of the people he

delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them

in array against the children of Ammon.

10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou

shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee,

then I will come and help thee.

10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and

for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him

good.

10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the

battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,

then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab

returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel,

they gathered themselves together.

10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond

the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host

of Hadarezer went before them.

10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and

passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves

in array against David, and fought with him.

10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of

seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen,

and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that

they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and

served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any

more.

11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when

kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with

him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and

besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off

his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the

roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful

to look upon.

11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not

this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto

him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness:

and she returned unto her house.

11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am

with child.

11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And

Joab sent Uriah to David.

11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab

did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet.

And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a

mess of meat from the king.

11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the

servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto

his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?

why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11:11 And Uriah

said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and

my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open

fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to

lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not

do this thing.

11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I

will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the

morrow.

11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him;

and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with

the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to

Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the

forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may

be smitten, and die.

11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he

assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and

there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the

Hittite died also.

11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of

telling the matters of the war unto the king, 11:20 And if so be that

the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye

so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would

shoot from the wall? 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of

Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him

from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then

say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab

had sent him for.

11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed

against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them

even unto the entering of the gate.

11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and

some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite

is dead also.

11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto

Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one

as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and

overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was

dead, she mourned for her husband.

11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to

his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing

that David had done displeased the LORD.

12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and

said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the

other poor.

12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 12:3 But the

poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought

and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his

children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and

lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to

take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring

man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed

it for the man that was come to him.

12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he

said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing

shall surely die: 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because

he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD

God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee

out of the hand of Saul; 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and

thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel

and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have

given unto thee such and such things.

12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do

evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword,

and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the

sword of the children of Ammon.

12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;

because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the

Hittite to be thy wife.

12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee

out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes,

and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in

the sight of this sun.

12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all

Israel, and before the sun.

12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And

Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou

shalt not die.

12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to

the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto

thee shall surely die.

12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the

child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted,

and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him

up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with

them.

12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And

the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for

they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him,

and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself,

if we tell him that the child is dead? 12:19 But when David saw that

his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead:

therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they

said, He is dead.

12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed

himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD,

and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required,

they set bread before him, and he did eat.

12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou

hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive;

but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:

for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the

child may live? 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?

can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return

to me.

12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,

and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon:

and the LORD loved him.

12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his

name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and

took the royal city.

12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought

against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp

against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called

after my name.

12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,

and fought against it, and took it.

12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight

whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set

on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great

abundance.

12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them

under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and

made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the

cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned

unto Jerusalem.

13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had

a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved

her.

13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar;

for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything

to her.

13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of

Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean

from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I

love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make

thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I

pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the

meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was

come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my

sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat

at her hand.

13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother

Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.

And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and

did bake the cakes.

13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he

refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they

went out every man from him.

13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that

I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made,

and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of

her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no

such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee,

thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray

thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger

than she, forced her, and lay with her.

13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith

he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And

Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending

me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he

would not hearken unto her.

13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said,

Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such

robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his

servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers

colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on

crying.

13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother

been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother;

regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother

Absalom's house.

13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very

wroth.

13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad:

for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had

sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom

invited all the king's sons.

13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant

hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go

with thy servant.

13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now

go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he

would not go, but blessed him.

13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go

with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's

sons go with him.

13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when

Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite

Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be

courageous, and be valiant.

13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had

commanded.

Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his

mule, and fled.

13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings

came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and

there is not one of them left.

13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the

earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and

said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men

the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of

Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his

sister Tamar.

13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his

heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is

dead.

13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted

up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the

way of the hill side behind him.

13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as

thy servant said, so it is.

13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,

that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and

wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king

of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for

he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was

toward Absalom.

14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and

said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on

now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a

woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 And come to the

king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her

mouth.

14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her

face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I

am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in

the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the

other, and slew him.

14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid,

and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill

him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the

heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall

not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will

give charge concerning thee.

14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the

iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his

throne be guiltless.

14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to

me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy

God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy

any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth,

there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one

word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a

thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as

one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his

banished.

14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,

which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any

person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled

from him.

14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord

the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy

handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king

will perform the request of his handmaid.

14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand

of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the

inheritance of God.

14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now

be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to

discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from

me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said,

Let my lord the king now speak.

14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all

this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord

the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought

that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me,

and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 14:20 To

fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing:

and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to

know all things that are in the earth.

14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:

go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and

thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I

have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath

fulfilled the request of his servant.

14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to

Jerusalem.

14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him

not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the

king's face.

14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as

Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of

his head there was no blemish in him.

14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end

that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he

polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels

after the king's weight.

14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,

whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the

king's face.

14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king;

but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time,

he would not come.

14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near

mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's

servants set the field on fire.

14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said

unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 14:32 And

Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither,

that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from

Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now

therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in

me, let him kill me.

14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called

for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the

ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him

chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:

and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the

king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what

city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of

Israel.

15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right;

but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land,

that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I

would do him justice! 15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh

to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and

kissed him.

15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the

king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the

king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto

the LORD, in Hebron.

15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,

saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I

will serve the LORD.

15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to

Hebron.

15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,

saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall

say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that

were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any

thing.

15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's

counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered

sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased

continually with Absalom.

15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the

men of Israel are after Absalom.

15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at

Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from

Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring

evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants

are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And

the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and

tarried in a place that was far off.

15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the

Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred

men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou

also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou

art a stranger, and also an exile.

15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee

go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and

take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and

as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king

shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant

be.

15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite

passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with

him.

15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people

passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and

all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing

the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and

Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the

city.

15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the

city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me

again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 But if he thus

say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as

seemeth good unto him.

15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?

return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy

son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there

come word from you to certify me.

15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to

Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he

went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the

people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up,

weeping as they went up.

15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators

with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of

Ahithophel into foolishness.

15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the

mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to

meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 15:33 Unto whom

David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden

unto me: 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I

will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant

hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me

defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the

priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt

hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar

the priests.

15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz

Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send

unto me every thing that ye can hear.

15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came

into Jerusalem.

16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold,

Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses

saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred

bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of

wine.

16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba

said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread

and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as

be faint in the wilderness may drink.

16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said

unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day

shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained

unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may

find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a

man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son

of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king

David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right

hand and on his left.

16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou

bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 16:8 The LORD hath returned upon

thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast

reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of

Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because

thou art a bloody man.

16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should

this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and

take off his head.

16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of

Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse

David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 16:11 And

David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which

came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this

Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath

bidden him.

16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that

the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on

the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw

stones at him, and cast dust.

16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,

and refreshed themselves there.

16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to

Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend,

was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the

king, God save the king.

16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend?

why wentest thou not with thy friend? 16:18 And Hushai said unto

Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of

Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the

presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so

will I be in thy presence.

16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we

shall do.

16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's

concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall

hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all

that are with thee be strong.

16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and

Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all

Israel.

16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those

days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all

the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out

twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this

night: 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak

handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him

shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 17:3 And I will bring back

all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all

returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of

Israel.

17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us

hear likewise what he saith.

17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,

saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after

his saying? if not; speak thou.

17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath

given is not good at this time.

17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they

be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of

her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not

lodge with the people.

17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it

will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that

whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people

that follow Absalom.

17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a

lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a

mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto

thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for

multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found,

and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of

him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so

much as one.

17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel

bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until

there be not one small stone found there.

17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of

Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the

LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the

intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus

and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and

thus and thus have I counselled.

17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not

this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over;

lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not

be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and

they went and told king David.

17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went

both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which

had a well in his court; whither they went down.

17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth,

and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they

said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them,

They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and

could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up

out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David,

Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel

counselled against you.

17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and

they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of

them that was not gone over Jordan.

17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he

saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his

city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died,

and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he

and all the men of Israel with him.

17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab:

which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that

went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's

mother.

17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi

the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the

son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and

barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and

parched pulse, 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of

kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for

they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the

wilderness.

18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set

captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of

Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,

Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite.

And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you

myself also.

18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee

away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they

care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now

it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And

the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by

hundreds and by thousands.

18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal

gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the

people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning

Absalom.

18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the

battle was in the wood of Ephraim; 18:7 Where the people of Israel

were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great

slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the

country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword

devoured.

18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a

mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his

head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven

and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw

Absalom hanged in an oak.

18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou

sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and

I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand

shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand

against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and

Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man

Absalom.

18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:

for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest

have set thyself against me.

18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took

three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,

while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and

smote Absalom, and slew him.

18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing

after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the

wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel

fled every one to his tent.

18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself

a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to

keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own

name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the

king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,

but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear

no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen.

And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But

howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,

Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings

ready? 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto

him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to

the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and

looked, and behold a man running alone.

18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If

he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and

drew near.

18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman

called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone.

And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost

is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He

is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he

fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said,

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that

lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz

answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw

a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he

turned aside, and stood still.

18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the

king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up

against thee.

18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And

Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise

against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the

gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my

son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son,

my son! 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and

mourneth for Absalom.

19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the

people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for

his son.

19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as

people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud

voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 19:5 And Joab

came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day

the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and

the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy

wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 19:6 In that thou lovest thine

enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that

thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive,

that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had

pleased thee well.

19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy

servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will

not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee

than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all

the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the

people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his

tent.

19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of

Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and

he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled

out of the land for Absalom.

19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now

therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 19:11

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,

Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring

the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to

the king, even to his house.

19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then

are ye the last to bring back the king? 19:13 And say ye to Amasa,

Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more

also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the

room of Joab.

19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the

heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return

thou, and all thy servants.

19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to

Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,

hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the

servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty

servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's

household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera

fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19:19 And said

unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do

thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my

lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to

his heart.

19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold,

I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to

meet my lord the king.

19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not

Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's

anointed? 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons

of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall

there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know

that I am this day king over Israel? 19:23 Therefore the king said

unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and

had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his

clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in

peace.

19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the

king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,

Mephibosheth? 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant

deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may

ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my

lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in

thine eyes.

19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord

the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at

thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto

the king? 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any

more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,

forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own

house.

19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went

over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and

he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for

he was a very great man.

19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I

will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that

I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 19:35 I am this day

fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy

servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the

voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy

servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 19:36 Thy servant will

go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king

recompense it me with such a reward? 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray

thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried

by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant

Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what

shall seem good unto thee.

19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will

do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou

shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come

over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto

his own place.

19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him:

and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the

people of Israel.

19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said

unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee

away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's

men with him, over Jordan? 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered

the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore

then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's

cost? or hath he given us any gift? 19:43 And the men of Israel

answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king,

and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise

us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?

And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the

men of Israel.

20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was

Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and

said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son

of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed

Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king,

from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the

ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put

them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were

shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within

three days, and be thou here present.

20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer

than the set time which he had appointed him.

20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do

us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and

pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and

the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of

Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went

before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto

him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the

sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab

took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so

he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to

the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai

his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth

Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And

when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out

of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw

that every one that came by him stood still.

20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on

after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to

Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and

went also after him.

20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they

cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all

the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray

you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou

Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the

words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,

saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the

matter.

20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou

seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou

swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20:20 And Joab answered and

said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or

destroy.

20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son

of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even

against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And

the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee

over the wall.

20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they

cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab.

And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to

his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 20:24 And

Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was

recorder: 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the

priests: 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year

after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It

is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the

Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of

the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul

sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for

you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the

inheritance of the LORD? 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We

will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us

shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say,

that will I do for you.

21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that

devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any

of the coasts of Israel, 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered

unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul,

whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of

Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David

and Jonathan the son of Saul.

21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,

whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of

Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of

Barzillai the Meholathite: 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands

of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD:

and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of

harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it

for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water

dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the

air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the

concubine of Saul, had done.

21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of

Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them

from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them,

when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 21:13 And he brought up

from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and

they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the

country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and

they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was

intreated for the land.

21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and

David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the

Philistines: and David waxed faint.

21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight

of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he

being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the

Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him,

saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench

not the light of Israel.

21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle

with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph,

which was of the sons of the giant.

21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where

Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of

Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's

beam.

21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great

stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six

toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the

brother of David slew him.

21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand

of David, and by the hand of his servants.

22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day

that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,

and out of the hand of Saul: 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock,

and my fortress, and my deliverer; 22:3 The God of my rock; in him

will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high

tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I

be saved from mine enemies.

22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men

made me afraid; 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the

snares of death prevented me; 22:7 In my distress I called upon the

LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple,

and my cry did enter into his ears.

22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven

moved and shook, because he was wroth.

22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his

mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under

his feet.

22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the

wings of the wind.

22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and

thick clouds of the skies.

22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his

voice.

22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and

discomfited them.

22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the

world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of

the breath of his nostrils.

22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated

me: for they were too strong for me.

22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my

stay.

22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,

because he delighted in me.

22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to

the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly

departed from my God.

22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I

did not depart from them.

22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine

iniquity.

22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my

righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the

upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward

thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon

the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my

darkness.

22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped

over a wall.

22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried:

he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high

places.

22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by

mine arms.

22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy

gentleness hath made me great.

22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not

slip.

22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not

again until I had consumed them.

22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not

arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose

up against me hast thou subdued under me.

22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might

destroy them that hate me.

22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but

he answered them not.

22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did

stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,

thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not

shall serve me.

22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,

they shall be obedient unto me.

22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their

close places.

22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God

of the rock of my salvation.

22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people

under me.

22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast

lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast

delivered me from the violent man.

22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the

heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to

his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse

said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God

of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit of

the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that

ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,

even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of

the earth by clear shining after rain.

23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an

everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all

my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust

away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man that

shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;

and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The

Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same

was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom

he slew at one time.

23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the

three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that

were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were

gone away: 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand

was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a

great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to

spoil.

23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the

Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of

ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and

slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in

the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the

Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the

Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of

the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 23:16 And

the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and

drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and

took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink

thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this:

is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?

therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty

men.

23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief

among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and

slew them, and had the name among three.

23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their

captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of

Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he

went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a

spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked

the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name

among three mighty men.

23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to

the first three. And David set him over his guard.

23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the

son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the

Harodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28 Zalmon

the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah,

a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children

of Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of

Gaash, 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32

Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33

Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 23:34

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the

son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the

Arbite, 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37

Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the

son of Zeruiah, 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 23:39 Uriah

the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and

he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with

him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to

Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the

people.

24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the

people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of

my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in

this thing? 24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against

Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains

of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the

people of Israel.

24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right

side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and

toward Jazer: 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of

Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 24:7 And

came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites,

and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even

to Beersheba.

24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to

Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the

king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that

drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the

people.

And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have

done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy

servant; for I have done very foolishly.

24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came

unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and say unto

David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one

of them, that I may do it unto thee.

24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall

seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee

three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that

there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what

answer I shall return to him that sent me.

24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now

into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not

fall into the hand of man.

24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even

to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to

Beersheba seventy thousand men.

24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to

destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel

that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the

angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote

the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but

these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be

against me, and against my father's house.

24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear

an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD

commanded.

24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on

toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on

his face upon the ground.

24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his

servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build

an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer

up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt

sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen

for wood.

24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And

Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of

thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my

God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the

threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land,

and the plague was stayed from Israel.

The First Book of the Kings

Commonly Called:

The Third Book of the Kings

1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered

him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my

lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and

let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the

king may get heat.

1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of

Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and

ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will

be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to

run before him.

1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why

hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother

bare him after Absalom.

1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar

the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan

the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to

David, were not with Adonijah.

1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of

Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's

sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1:10 But Nathan

the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother,

he called not.

1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,

saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth

reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 1:12 Now therefore come,

let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine

own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not

thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly

Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

why then doth Adonijah reign? 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest

there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy

words.

1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the

king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the

king.

1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the

king said, What wouldest thou? 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord,

thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying,

Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon

my throne.

1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,

thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and

sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and

Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy

servant hath he not called.

1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee,

that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord

the king after him.

1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall

sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted

offenders.

1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet

also came in.

1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And

when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king

with his face to the ground.

1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall

reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1:25 For he is gone

down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in

abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of

the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink

before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah

the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed

it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king

after him? 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba.

And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath

redeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee

by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall

reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so

will I certainly do this day.

1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did

reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the

prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the

king.

1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your

lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring

him down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the

prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the

trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my

throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to

be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,

Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with

Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king

David.

1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son

of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and

caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to

Gihon.

1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle,

and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people

said, God save king Solomon.

1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with

pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the

sound of them.

1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as

they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the

trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an

uproar? 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of

Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for

thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king

David hath made Solomon king.

1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the

prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the

Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:

1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him

king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the

city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king

David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and

make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself

upon the bed.

1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,

which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even

seeing it.

1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose

up, and went every man his way.

1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and

caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king

Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar,

saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his

servant with the sword.

1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there

shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be

found in him, he shall die.

1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.

And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto

him, Go to thine house.

2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged

Solomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou

strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 And keep the charge of

the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his

commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written

in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest,

and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4 That the LORD may continue

his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take

heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and

with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the

throne of Israel.

2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,

and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner

the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and

shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his

girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his

feet.

2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go

down to the grave in peace.

2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and

let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me

when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a

Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day

when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I

sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with

the sword.

2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and

knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring

thou down to the grave with blood.

2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of

David.

2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:

seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned

he in Jerusalem.

2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his

kingdom was established greatly.

2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of

Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said,

Say on.

2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all

Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom

is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the

LORD.

2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said

unto him, Say on.

2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he

will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to

wife.

2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for

Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto

her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the

king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee,

say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I

will not say thee nay.

2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy

brother to wife.

2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost

thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom

also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the

priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and

more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and

set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an

house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;

and he fell upon him that he died.

2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,

unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at

this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD

God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in

all wherein my father was afflicted.

2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD;

that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning

the house of Eli in Shiloh.

2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,

though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle

of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the

tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon

sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto

him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die

here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,

and thus he answered me.

2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon

him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,

which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell

upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the

sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of

Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,

captain of the host of Judah.

2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and

upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,

and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever

from the LORD.

2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and

slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the

host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build

thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence

any whither.

2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over

the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely

die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the

king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem

many days.

2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the

servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath.

And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish

to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from

Gath.

2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to

Gath, and was come again.

2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I

not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying,

Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any

whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word

that I have heard is good.

2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the

commandment that I have charged thee with? 2:44 The king said

moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart

is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD

shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomon

shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before

the LORD for ever.

2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went

out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established

in the hand of Solomon.

3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took

Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he

had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD,

and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no

house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his

father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the

great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon

that altar.

3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and

God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my

father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and

in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast

kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to

sit on his throne, as it is this day.

3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of

David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out

or come in.

3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast

chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for

multitude.

3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy

people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to

judge this thy so great a people? 3:10 And the speech pleased the

LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.

3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and

hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for

thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for

thyself understanding to discern judgment; 3:12 Behold, I have done

according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an

understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee,

neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both

riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings

like unto thee all thy days.

3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my

commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy

days.

3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to

Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and

offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a

feast to all his servants.

3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and

stood before him.

3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one

house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered,

that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no

stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid

it.

3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while

thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead

child in my bosom.

3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it

was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was

not my son, which I did bear.

3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the

dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the

living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,

and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the

dead, and my son is the living.

3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword

before the king.

3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half

to the one, and half to the other.

3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,

for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her

the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it

be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and

in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged;

and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in

him, to do judgment.

4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok

the priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;

Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and

Abiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over

the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and

the king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and

Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided

victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year

made provision.

4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9

The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and

Elonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained

Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all

the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,

and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from

Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of

Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained

the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with

walls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of

Solomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in

Aloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 4:18 Shimei

the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the

country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and

of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the

land.

4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in

multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the

land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought

presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine

flour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty

oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and

roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river,

from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river:

and he had peace on all sides round about him.

4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and

under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of

Solomon.

4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,

and twelve thousand horsemen.

4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all

that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they

lacked nothing.

4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they

unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his

charge.

4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and

largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of

the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and

Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in

all nations round about.

4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a

thousand and five.

4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon

even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of

beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from

all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had

heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for

Hiram was ever a lover of David.

5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 Thou knowest how that David

my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God

for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put

them under the soles of his feet.

5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that

there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD

my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom

I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto

my name.

5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of

Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee

will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt

appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can

skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that

he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which

hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things

which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning

timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I

will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt

appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt

receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for

my household.

5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all

his desire.

5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food

to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon

to Hiram year by year.

5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there

was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league

together.

5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy

was thirty thousand men.

5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a

month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was

over the levy.

5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,

and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 Beside the chief

of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and

three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly

stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the

stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after

the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the

fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is

the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length

thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,

and the height thereof thirty cubits.

6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was

the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten

cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,

against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of

the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6:6 The nethermost

chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad,

and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the

house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be

fastened in the walls of the house.

6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made

ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer

nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in

building.

6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the

house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber,

and out of the middle into the third.

6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with

beams and boards of cedar.

6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits

high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerning

this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my

statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to

walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake

unto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of

Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,

both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he

covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the

house with planks of fir.

6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the

floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it

within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits

long.

6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open

flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the

ark of the covenant of the LORD.

6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and

twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and

he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of

cedar.

6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made

a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid

it with gold.

6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished

all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid

with gold.

6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each

ten cubits high.

6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits

the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing

unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of

one measure and one size.

6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the

other cherub.

6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they

stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the

one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the

other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the

house.

6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved

figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and

without.

6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and

without.

6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree:

the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them

carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid

them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm

trees.

6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a

fourth part of the wall.

6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one

door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:

and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and

a row of cedar beams.

6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD

laid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month

Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all

the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he

seven years in building it.

7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he

finished all his house.

7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length

thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits,

and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars,

with cedar beams upon the pillars.

7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on

forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light

in three ranks.

7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and

light was against light in three ranks.

7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty

cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was

before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before

them.

7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the

porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the

floor to the other.

7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch,

which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's

daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of

hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the

foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great

court.

7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,

stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,

and cedars.

7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed

stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the

house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was

a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and

understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to

king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece:

and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops

of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and

the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 7:17 And nets of

checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were

upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for

the other chapiter.

7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one

network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with

pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of

lily work in the porch, four cubits.

7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also

above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the

pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other

chapiter.

7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set

up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up

the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of

the pillars finished.

7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the

other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a

line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing

it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were

cast in two rows, when it was cast.

7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and

three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and

three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,

and all their hinder parts were inward.

7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was

wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained

two thousand baths.

7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one

base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height

of it.

7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders,

and the borders were between the ledges: 7:29 And on the borders that

were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the

ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were

certain additions made of thin work.

7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and

the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were

undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:

but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit

and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their

borders, foursquare, not round.

7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the

wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit

and half a cubit.

7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:

their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes,

were all molten.

7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base:

and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a

cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the

borders thereof were of the same.

7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders

thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the

proportion of every one, and additions round about.

7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one

casting, one measure, and one size.

7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty

baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten

bases one laver.

7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on

the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of

the house eastward over against the south.

7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So

Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for

the house of the LORD: 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the

chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two

networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the

top of the pillars; 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two

networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the

two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 7:43 And the

ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 And one sea, and twelve

oxen under the sea; 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the

basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for

the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground

between Succoth and Zarthan.

7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were

exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of

the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the

shewbread was, 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the

right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers,

and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 7:50 And the bowls, and the

snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure

gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house,

the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the

temple.

7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of

the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had

dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put

among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of

the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto

king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the

covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon

at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the

ark.

8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the

congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,

even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were

assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep

and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD

unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,

even under the wings of the cherubims.

8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of

the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof

above.

8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were

seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen

without: and there they are unto this day.

8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which

Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the

children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy

place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 8:11 So that the

priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the

glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the

thick darkness.

8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place

for thee to abide in for ever.

8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the

congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with

his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it,

saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out

of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an

house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my

people Israel.

8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for

the name of the LORD God of Israel.

8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine

heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in

thine heart.

8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that

shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my

name.

8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am

risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of

Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of

the LORD God of Israel.

8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant

of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out

of the land of Egypt.

8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of

all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward

heaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like

thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and

mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou

promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled

it with thine hand, as it is this day.

8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my

father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a

man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children

take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked

before me.

8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,

which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and

heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I

have builded? 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy

servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the

cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even

toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that

thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make

toward this place.

8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy

people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou

in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid

upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar

in this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy

servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and

justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because

they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and

confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this

house: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy

people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest

unto their fathers.

8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have

sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy

name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 8:36 Then

hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy

people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should

walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people

for an inheritance.

8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,

mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege

them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever

sickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by

any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the

plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,

and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;

(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of

men;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the

land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel,

but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 8:42 (For they

shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy

stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all

that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth

may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that

they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy

name.

8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever

thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city

which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy

name: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their

supplication, and maintain their cause.

8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,)

and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that

they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they

were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in

the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,

and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 8:48 And so

return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the

land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee

toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city

which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy

dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 8:50 And forgive thy people

that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein

they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before

them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou

broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant,

and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them

in all that they call for unto thee.

8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the

earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses

thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD

God.

8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all

this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the

altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up

to heaven.

8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a

loud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest

unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath

not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the

hand of Moses his servant.

8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him

not leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto

him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his

statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before

the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he

maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel

at all times, as the matter shall require: 8:60 That all the people of

the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to

walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before

the LORD.

8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he

offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred

and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel

dedicated the house of the LORD.

8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was

before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,

and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the

brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the

burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace

offerings.

8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a

great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of

Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even

fourteen days.

8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the

king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the

goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel

his people.

9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the

house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire

which he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the

second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy

supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this

house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine

eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in

integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I

have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 9:5

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,

as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a

man upon the throne of Israel.

9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your

children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I

have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given

them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast

out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all

people: 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth

by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why

hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9:9 And

they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who

brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken

hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:

therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had

built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar

trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that

then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had

given him; and they pleased him not.

9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my

brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for

to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the

wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt

it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and

given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 9:18 And

Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19 And all the

cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and

cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in

Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,

Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of

Israel, 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land,

whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy,

upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but

they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his

captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's

work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that

wrought in the work.

9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her

house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and

peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he

burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished

the house.

9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is

beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had

knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four

hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon

concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard

questions.

10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels

that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when

she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her

heart.

10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing

hid from the king, which he told her not.

10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and

the house that he had built, 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the

sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and

their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up

unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in

mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had

seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and

prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand

continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee

on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever,

therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and

of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more

such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to

king Solomon.

10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,

brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious

stones.

10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of

the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for

singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,

whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal

bounty.

So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six

hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 10:15 Beside that he had

of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of

all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six

hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of

gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the

forest of Lebanon.

10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it

with the best gold.

10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round

behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat,

and two lions stood beside the stays.

10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other

upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all

the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold;

none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of

Solomon.

10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of

Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold,

and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches

and for wisdom.

10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which

God had put in his heart.

10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and

vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and

mules, a rate year by year.

10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had

a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,

whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at

Jerusalem.

10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and

cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for

abundance.

10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the

king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred

shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for

all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they

bring them out by their means.

11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the

daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,

Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD

said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither

shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart

after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred

concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned

away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with

the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,

and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully

after the LORD, as did David his father.

11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination

of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the

abomination of the children of Ammon.

11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt

incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned

from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 11:10

And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go

after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done

of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I

have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and

will give it to thy servant.

11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy

father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one

tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake

which I have chosen.

11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the

Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the

captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had

smitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain

there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 11:17

That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with

him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.

11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took

men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king

of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and

gave him land.

11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he

gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes

the queen.

11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom

Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's

household among the sons of Pharaoh.

11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,

and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,

Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,

that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he

answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of

Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 11:24 And

he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David

slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and

reigned in Damascus.

11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon,

beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and

reigned over Syria.

11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,

Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even

he lifted up his hand against the king.

11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the

king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of

David his father.

11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon

seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over

all the charge of the house of Joseph.

11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of

Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way;

and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in

the field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him,

and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee

ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will

rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes

to thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's

sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of

all the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me,

and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh

the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon,

and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine

eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his

father.

11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I

will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's

sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give

it unto thee, even ten tribes.

11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant

may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have

chosen me to put my name there.

11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that

thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command

thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to

keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I

will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David,

and will give Israel unto thee.

11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,

and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt

until the death of Solomon.

11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and

his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel

was forty years.

11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city

of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem

to make him king.

12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet

in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king

Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3 That they sent and called

him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake

unto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now

therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy

yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again

to me. And the people departed.

12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before

Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that

I may answer this people? 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If

thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them,

and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy

servants for ever.

12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given

him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and

which stood before him: 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give

ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make

the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 12:10 And the

young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus

shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy

father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus

shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my

father's loins.

12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will

add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will

chastise you with scorpions.

12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,

as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old

men's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And spake to them after the

counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and

I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but

I will chastise you with scorpions.

12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause

was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD

spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them,

the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?

neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O

Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto

their tents.

12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of

Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and

all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king

Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to

Jerusalem.

12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was

come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and

made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house

of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the

house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore

thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house

of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto

all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people,

saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight

against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his

house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word

of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the

LORD.

12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein;

and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to

the house of David: 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the

house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people

turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they

shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,

and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:

behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of

Egypt.

12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship

before the one, even unto Dan.

12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the

lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the

fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and

he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the

calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the

high places which he had made.

12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the

fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had

devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of

Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of

the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said,

O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born

unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer

the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's

bones shall be burnt upon thee.

13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which

the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes

that are upon it shall be poured out.

13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the

man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put

forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand,

which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it

in again to him.

13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,

according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of

the LORD.

13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now

the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be

restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the

king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and

refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half

thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor

drink water in this place: 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word

of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by

the same way that thou camest.

13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came

to Bethel.

13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and

told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in

Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told

also to their father.

13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons

had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled

him the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And went after the man of God,

and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the

man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:

neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no

bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou

camest.

13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel

spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with

thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he

lied unto him.

13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and

drank water.

13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of

the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 13:21 And he

cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the

LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast

not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 13:22

But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of

the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water;

thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had

drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom

he had brought back.

13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him:

and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion

also stood by the carcase.

13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way,

and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the

city where the old prophet dwelt.

13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard

thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the

word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion,

which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD,

which he spake unto him.

13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they

saddled him.

13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass

and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the

carcase, nor torn the ass.

13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid

it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the

city, to mourn and to bury him.

13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over

him, saying, Alas, my brother! 13:31 And it came to pass, after he

had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead,

then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my

bones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the

word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the

houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall

surely come to pass.

13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but

made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places:

whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests

of the high places.

13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to

cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise

thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get

thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me

that I should be king over this people.

14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of

honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the

child.

14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and

came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes

were set by reason of his age.

14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam

cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and

thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in,

that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she

came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why

feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy

tidings.

14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch

as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my

people Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David,

and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who

kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do

that only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9 But hast done evil above

all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other

gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me

behind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the

house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth

against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will

take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away

dung, till it be all gone.

14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and

him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the

LORD hath spoken it.

14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy

feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of

Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some

good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who

shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the

water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he

gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river,

because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who

did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and

when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 14:18 And

they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word

of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the

prophet.

14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he

reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel.

14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:

and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was

forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out

of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's

name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked

him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all

that their fathers had done.

14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on

every high hill, and under every green tree.

14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did

according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast

out before the children of Israel.

14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that

Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 14:26 And he took

away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the

king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields

of gold which Solomon had made.

14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and

committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept

the door of the king's house.

14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD,

that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard

chamber.

14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an

Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat

reigned Abijam over Judah.

15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was

Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done

before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as

the heart of David his father.

15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a

lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish

Jerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of

the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him

all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the

Hittite.

15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of

his life.

15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And

there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the

city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa

over Judah.

15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his

mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did

David his father.

15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all

the idols that his fathers had made.

15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being

queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her

idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart

was perfect with the LORD all his days.

15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and

the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD,

silver, and gold, and vessels.

15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all

their days.

15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built

Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king

of Judah.

15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the

treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's

house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa

sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of

Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league between

me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent

unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with

Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of

the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon,

and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of

Naphtali.

15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off

building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was

exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber

thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them

Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that

he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the

book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time

of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers

in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in

his stead.

15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the

second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way

of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,

conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which

belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to

Gibbethon.

15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,

and reigned in his stead.

15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the

house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he

had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he

spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 15:30 Because of the sins

of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his

provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all

their days.

15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of

Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way

of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against

Baasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and

made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the

way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me

to anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity

of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house

like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him

that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his

might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings

of Israel? 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in

Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came

the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for

all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to

anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam;

and because he killed him.

16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the

son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired

against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house

of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty

and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat

on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not

one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his

friends.

16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the

word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.

16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by

which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking

the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri

reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against

Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath

conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made

Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and

they besieged Tirzah.

16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,

that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's

house over him with fire, and died.

16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the

LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did,

to make Israel to sin.

16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he

wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel? 16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided into

two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to

make him king; and half followed Omri.

16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people

that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri

reigned.

16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to

reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of

silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which

he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse

than all that were before him.

16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and

in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of

Israel to anger with their vanities.

16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might

that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of

the kings of Israel? 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was

buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began

Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri

reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above

all that were before him.

16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to

walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife

Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and

served Baal, and worshipped him.

16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which

he had built in Samaria.

16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God

of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the

foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates

thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD,

which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,

said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,

there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:3 Get thee

hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith,

that is before Jordan.

17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have

commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he

went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and

bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,

because there had been no rain in the land.

17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:9 Arise, get

thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold,

I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate

of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks:

and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water

in a vessel, that I may drink.

17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,

Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but

an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and,

behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for

me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said:

but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and

after make for thee and for thy son.

17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall

not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the

LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,

and he, and her house, did eat many days.

17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil

fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the

woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so

sore, that there was no breath left in him.

17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou

man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and

to slay my son? 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he

took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he

abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou

also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her

son? 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and

cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this

child's soul come into him again.

17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the

child came into him again, and he revived.

17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the

chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah

said, See, thy son liveth.

17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a

man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD

came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;

and I will send rain upon the earth.

18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore

famine in Samaria.

18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.

(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel

cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred

prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and

water.) 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all

fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find

grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the

beasts.

18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab

went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he

knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord

Elijah? 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold,

Elijah is here.

18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy

servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 18:10 As the LORD thy God

liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent

to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of

the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that

the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so

when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:

but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the

prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets

by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 18:14 And now

thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall

slay me.

18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I

stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to

meet Elijah.

18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto

him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18:18 And he answered, I have

not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have

forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount

Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the

prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the

prophets together unto mount Carmel.

18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye

between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal,

then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a

prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty

men.

18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one

bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and

put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on

wood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call ye on the name of your

gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that

answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and

said, It is well spoken.

18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one

bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call

on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed

it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,

saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that

answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said,

Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing,

or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be

awaked.

18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with

knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied

until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there

was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all

the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD

that was broken down.

18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the

tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came,

saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And with the stones he built

an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the

altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and

laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour

it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second

time.

And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the

trench also with water.

18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening

sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of

Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art

God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all

these things at thy word.

18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou

art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt

sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up

the water that was in the trench.

18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and

they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not

one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down

to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there

is a sound of abundance of rain.

18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the

top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his

face between his knees, 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look

toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is

nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold,

there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he

said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down

that the rain stop thee not.

18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black

with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and

went to Jezreel.

18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his

loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he

had slain all the prophets with the sword.

19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the

gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of

one of them by to morrow about this time.

19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came

to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came

and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that

he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life;

for I am not better than my fathers.

19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an

angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals,

and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid

him down again.

19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched

him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for

thee.

19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of

that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold,

the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest

thou here, Elijah? 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for

the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy

covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the

sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it

away.

19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.

And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the

mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD

was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD

was not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but

the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in

his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.

And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou

here, Elijah? 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the

LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy

covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the

sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it

away.

19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the

wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king

over Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be

king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt

thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of

Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu

shall Elisha slay.

19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which

have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who

was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the

twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I

pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.

And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew

them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and

gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after

Elijah, and ministered unto him.

20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together:

and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and

chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and

said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is

mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,

according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad,

saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me

thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 20:6 Yet I

will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they

shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall

be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in

their hand, and take it away.

20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and

said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he

sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and

for my gold; and I denied him not.

20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not

unto him, nor consent.

20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord

the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I

will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and

brought him word again.

20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me,

and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for

all the people that follow me.

20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him

that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he

was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his

servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array

against the city.

20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,

saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?

behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt

know that I am the LORD.

20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even

by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who

shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces,

and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered

all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself

drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings

that helped him.

20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out

first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men

come out of Samaria.

20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them

alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of

the city, and the army which followed them.

20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and

Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an

horse with the horsemen.

20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and

chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him,

Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the

return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods

are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let

us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger

than they.

20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his

place, and put captains in their rooms: 20:25 And number thee an army,

like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for

chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we

shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and

did so.

20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad

numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present,

and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them

like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel,

and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD

is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will

I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know

that I am the LORD.

20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so

it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the

children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in

one day.

20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell

upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad

fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that

the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray

thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out

to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their

heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad

saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is

my brother.

20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come

from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother

Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to

him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took

from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee

in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send

thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent

him away.

20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his

neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man

refused to smite him.

20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of

the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall

slay thee.

And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew

him.

20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And

the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and

disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said,

Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man

turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if

by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or

else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the

king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast

decided it.

20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the

king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let

go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,

therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his

people.

20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased,

and came to Samaria.

21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the

Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of

Ahab king of Samaria.

21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I

may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house:

and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem

good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should

give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the

word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I

will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down

upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy

spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 21:6 And he said unto her,

Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me

thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee

another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my

vineyard.

21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the

kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry:

I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his

seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were

in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set

Naboth on high among the people: 21:10 And set two men, sons of

Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst

blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him,

that he may die.

21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were

the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as

it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before

him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth,

in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and

the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him

with stones, that he died.

21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is

dead.

21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,

and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the

vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for

money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that

Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to

take possession of it.

21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:

behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to

possess it.

21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast

thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,

saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood

of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And

he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work

evil in the sight of the LORD.

21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy

posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the

wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 21:22 And will make

thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the

house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou

hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat

Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him

that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to

work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife

stirred up.

21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all

things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children

of Israel.

21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent

his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in

sackcloth, and went softly.

21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he

humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but

in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and

Israel.

22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king

of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that

Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the

hand of the king of Syria? 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt

thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the

king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses

as thy horses.

22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray

thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about

four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead

to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD

shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD

besides, that we might enquire of him? 22:8 And the king of Israel

said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah,

by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not

prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not

the king say so.

22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten

hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat

each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the

entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied

before them.

22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he

said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians,

until thou have consumed them.

22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to

Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the

king's hand.

22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,

saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the

king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of

one of them, and speak that which is good.

22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto

me, that will I speak.

22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,

shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And

he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into

the hand of the king.

22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee

that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the

LORD? 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills,

as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no

master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell

thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 22:19

And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD

sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on

his right hand and on his left.

22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up

and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another

said on that manner.

22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and

said, I will persuade him.

22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go

forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.

And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, and

do so.

22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the

mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil

concerning thee.

22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah

on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me

to speak unto thee? 22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in

that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back

unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 22:27

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed

him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I

come in peace.

22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath

not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up

to Ramothgilead.

22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the

king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that

had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor

great, save only with the king of Israel.

22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw

Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they

turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived

that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from

pursuing him.

22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of

Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the

driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host;

for I am wounded.

22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in

his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran

out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the

going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to

his own country.

22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried

the king in Samaria.

22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs

licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the

word of the LORD which he spake.

22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the

ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in

his stead.

22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the

fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to

reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his

mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not

aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD:

nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people

offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he

shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Judah? 22:46 And the remnant of the

sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out

of the land.

22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but

they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my

servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned

in his stead.

22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria

the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two

years over Israel.

22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way

of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 22:53 For he served

Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of

Israel, according to all that his father had done.

The First Book of the Kings

Commonly Called:

The Fourth Book of the Kings

1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that

was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto

them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall

recover of this disease.

1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go

up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them,

Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire

of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD,

Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but

shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them,

Why are ye now turned back? 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a

man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that

sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because

there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of

Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from

that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to

meet you, and told you these words? 1:8 And they answered him, He was

an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And

he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And

he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he

spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a

man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and

thy fifty.

And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his

fifty.

And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king

said, Come down quickly.

1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let

fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the

fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty.

And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees

before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I

pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be

precious in thy sight.

1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two

captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my

life now be precious in thy sight.

1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be

not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast

sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not

because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore

thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but

shalt surely die.

1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had

spoken.

And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son

of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2:1 And

it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a

whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD

hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth,

and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to

Bethel.

2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to

Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away

thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye

your peace.

2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the

LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as

thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha,

and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy

master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye

your peace.

2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD

hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy

soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view

afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the

waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two

went over on dry ground.

2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said

unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from

thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit

be upon me.

2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou

see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if

not, it shall not be so.

2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,

behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and

parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into

heaven.

2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the

chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more:

and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went

back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2:14 And he took the mantle of

Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is

the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they

parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho

saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they

came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants

fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest

peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him

upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not

send.

2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They

sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him

not.

2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he

said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 2:19 And the men of

the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this

city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the

ground barren.

2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they

brought it to him.

2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the

salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these

waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying

of Elisha which he spake.

2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by

the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked

him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the

name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood,

and tare forty and two children of them.

2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he

returned to Samaria.

3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria

the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve

years.

3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his

father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that

his father had made.

3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of

Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the

king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand

rams, with the wool.

3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab

rebelled against the king of Israel.

3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered

all Israel.

3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The

king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against

Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people

as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way

through the wilderness of Edom.

3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of

Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was

no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called

these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,

that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of

Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of

Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the

king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with

thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of

thy mother.

And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called

these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I

stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat

the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the

minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of

ditches.

3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye

see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may

drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will

deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and

shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every

good piece of land with stones.

3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was

offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the

country was filled with water.

3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to

fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour,

and upward, and stood in the border.

3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the

water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as

blood: 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain,

and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up

and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went

forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land

cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the

wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth

left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and

smote it.

3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for

him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break

through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his

stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there

was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and

returned to their own land.

4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the

prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou

knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come

to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what

hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any

thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy

neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and

upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou

shalt set aside that which is full.

4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her

sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said

unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is

not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the

oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a

great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that

as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is

an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let

us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a

candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn

in thither.

4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into

the chamber, and lay there.

4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when

he had called her, she stood before him.

4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been

careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?

wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the

host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi

answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in

the door.

4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life,

thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God,

do not lie unto thine handmaid.

4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that

Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out

to his father to the reapers.

4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a

lad, Carry him to his mother.

4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat

on her knees till noon, and then died.

4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and

shut the door upon him, and went out.

4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,

one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man

of God, and come again.

4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither

new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go

forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it

came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to

Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 4:26 Run now, I

pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it

well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It

is well: 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she

caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And

the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her:

and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do

not deceive me? 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and

take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man,

salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay

my staff upon the face of the child.

4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy

soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the

face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore

he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not

awaked.

4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was

dead, and laid upon his bed.

4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and

prayed unto the LORD.

4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon

his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands:

and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed

warm.

4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went

up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,

and the child opened his eyes.

4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he

called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy

son.

4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the

ground, and took up her son, and went out.

4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the

land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he

said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for

the sons of the prophets.

4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild

vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and

shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as

they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou

man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he

said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no

harm in the pot.

4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of

God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears

of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that

they may eat.

4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred

men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus

saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,

according to the word of the LORD.

5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great

man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given

deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was

a leper.

5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away

captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on

Naaman's wife.

5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the

prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the

maid that is of the land of Israel.

5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter

unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten

talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of

raiment.

5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when

this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my

servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,

that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make

alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his

leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a

quarrel against me.

5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king

of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,

Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he

shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at

the door of the house of Elisha.

5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in

Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou

shalt be clean.

5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,

He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the

LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the

leper.

5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all

the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he

turned and went away in a rage.

5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My

father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou

not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash,

and be clean? 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times

in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh

came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and

came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there

is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee,

take a blessing of thy servant.

5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will

receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to

thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will

henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods,

but unto the LORD.

5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master

goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my

hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself

in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a

little way.

5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,

my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his

hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after

him, and take somewhat of him.

5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running

after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is

all well? 5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me,

saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two

young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a

talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him,

and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of

garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them

before him.

5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and

bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto

him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no

whither.

5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man

turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive

money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and

sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 5:27 The leprosy

therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for

ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the

place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a

beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he

answered, Go ye.

6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.

And he answered, I will go.

6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down

wood.

6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water:

and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the

place.

And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did

swim.

6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand,

and took it.

6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel

with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware

that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come

down.

6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God

told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor

twice.

6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for

this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye

not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 6:12 And one of

his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that

is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest

in thy bedchamber.

6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch

him.

And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host:

and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone

forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and

chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we

do? 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more

than they that be with them.

6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,

that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he

saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire

round about Elisha.

6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and

said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote

them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this

the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But

he led them to Samaria.

6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that

Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And

the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in

the midst of Samaria.

6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My

father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 6:22 And he answered,

Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast

taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water

before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten

and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the

bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria

gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they

besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of

silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of

silver.

6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there

cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help

thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 6:28 And the

king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman

said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will

eat my son to morrow.

6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the

next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman,

that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the

people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of

Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the

king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he

said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to

take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door,

and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet

behind him? 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the

messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the

LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? 7:1 Then Elisha

said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow

about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel,

and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God,

and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this

thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but

shalt not eat thereof.

7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate:

and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 7:4 If we

say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and

we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now

therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they

save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the

Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of

Syria, behold, there was no man there.

7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of

chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and

they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us

the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come

upon us.

7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their

tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and

fled for their life.

7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they

went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver,

and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and

entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid

it.

7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day

of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning

light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we

may go and tell the king's household.

7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they

told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,

there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and

asses tied, and the tents as they were.

7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house

within.

7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I

will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we

be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves

in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch

them alive, and get into the city.

7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray

thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,

(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it:

behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites

that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after

the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was

full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their

haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So

a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of

barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have

the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and

he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down

to him.

7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,

saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine

flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of

Samaria: 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now,

behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing

be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt

not eat thereof.

7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the

gate, and he died.

8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to

life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn

wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;

and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God:

and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the

Philistines seven years.

8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman

returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry

unto the king for her house and for her land.

8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,

saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath

done.

8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had

restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he

had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her

land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is

her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king

appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was

hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the

land, even until now.

8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was

sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and

go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall

I recover of this disease? 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a

present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'

burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king

of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this

disease? 8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest

certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall

surely die.

8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:

and the man of God wept.

8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I

know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their

strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay

with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women

with child.

8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should

do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that

thou shalt be king over Syria.

8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to

him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou

shouldest surely recover.

8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth,

and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died:

and Hazael reigned in his stead.

8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,

Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat

king of Judah began to reign.

8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he

reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house

of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the

sight of the LORD.

8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's

sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his

children.

8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made

a king over themselves.

8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he

rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and

the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.

Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24

And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in

the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did

Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and

he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah,

the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in

the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in

law of the house of Ahab.

8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael

king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against

Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah

went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was

sick.

9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets,

and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in

thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 9:2 And when thou comest thither,

look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go

in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an

inner chamber; 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head,

and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to

Ramothgilead.

9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting;

and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto

which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on

his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have

anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may

avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the

servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from

Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and

left in Israel: 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house

of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of

Ahijah: 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel,

and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said

unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he

said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and

thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee

king over Israel.

9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it

under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying,

Jehu is king.

9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired

against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel,

because of Hazael king of Syria.

9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of

Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth

nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay

there.

And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied

the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram

said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it

peace? 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said,

Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do

with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The

messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and

said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast

thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh

not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of

Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And

Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his

chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of

Naboth the Jezreelite.

9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it

peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of

thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 9:23 And Joram

turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O

Ahaziah.

9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram

between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk

down in his chariot.

9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in

the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how

that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD

laid this burden upon him; 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood

of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will

requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast

him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way

of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him

also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is

by Ibleam.

And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and

buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah

to reign over Judah.

9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she

painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,

who slew his master? 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window,

and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or

three eunuchs.

9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of

her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode

her under foot.

9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see

now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the

skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the

word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite,

saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the

field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is

Jezebel.

10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and

sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to

them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as this

letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and

there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and

armour; 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons,

and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings

stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 10:5 And he that was

over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and

the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy

servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any

king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be

mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the

men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this

time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great

men of the city, which brought them up.

10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took

the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in

baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have

brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two

heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood,

and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired

against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10:10 Know

now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the

LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD

hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel,

and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he

left him none remaining.

10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at

the shearing house in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of

Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are

the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the

king and the children of the queen.

10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew

them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither

left he any of them.

10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son

of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is

thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab

answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his

hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they

made him ride in his chariot.

10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab

in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the

LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,

Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his

servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great

sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not

live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy

the worshippers of Baal.

10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they

proclaimed it.

10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of

Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they

came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one

end to another.

10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth

vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth

vestments.

10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house

of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that

there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the

worshippers of Baal only.

10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,

Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom

I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his

life shall be for the life of him.

10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering

the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains,

Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with

the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out,

and went to the city of the house of Baal.

10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and

burned them.

10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house

of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made

Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden

calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in

executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the

house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of

the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of

Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of

Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael

smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 10:33 From Jordan eastward,

all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the

Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and

Bashan.

10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all

his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel? 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they

buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty

and eight years.

11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was

dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,

took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's

sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in

the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And

Athaliah did reign over the land.

11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over

hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him

into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an

oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall

do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be

keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6 And a third part shall

be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard:

so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they

shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his

weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be

slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things

that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men

that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on

the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king

David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,

round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left

corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him,

and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him;

and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the

people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the

manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all

the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah

rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds,

the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without

the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the

priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which

the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and

the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king

also and the people.

11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and

brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces

thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And

the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the

guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king

from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the

guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in

quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty

years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of

Beersheba.

12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all

his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still

sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated

things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of

every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set

at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into

the house of the LORD, 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man

of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house,

wheresoever any breach shall be found.

12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king

Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other

priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the

house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but

deliver it for the breaches of the house.

12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,

neither to repair the breaches of the house.

12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid

of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh

into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put

therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the

chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they

put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the

LORD.

12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that

did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and

they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the

house of the LORD, 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to

buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the

LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of

silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of

silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:

12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the

house of the LORD.

12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they

delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt

faithfully.

12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house

of the LORD: it was the priests'.

12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and

took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that

Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah,

had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was

found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's

house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from

Jerusalem.

12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in

the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of

Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with

his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his

stead.

13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king

of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in

Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and

followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to

sin; he departed not therefrom.

13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he

delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the

hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him:

for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria

oppressed them.

13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from

under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in

their tents, as beforetime.

13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of

Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained

the grove also in Samaria.) 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people

to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand

footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them

like the dust by threshing.

13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and

his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel? 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they

buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.

13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began

Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and

reigned sixteen years.

13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he

departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made

Israel sin: but he walked therein.

13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his

might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13:13

And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne:

and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And

Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face,

and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the

horsemen thereof.

13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto

him bow and arrows.

13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.

And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's

hands.

13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then

Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's

deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt

smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto

the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and

stayed.

13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest

have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till

thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the

Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,

they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of

Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of

Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of

Jehoahaz.

13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them,

and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham,

Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them

from his presence as yet.

13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in

his stead.

13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of

Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the

hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him,

and recovered the cities of Israel.

14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel

reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and

reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was

Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not

like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his

father did.

14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people

did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his

hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto

that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the

LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the

children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every

man shall be put to death for his own sin.

14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took

Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son

of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the

face.

14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,

saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in

Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed

by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee

up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to

thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel

went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the

face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled

every man to their tents.

14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son

of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem,

and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the

corner gate, four hundred cubits.

14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that

were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the

king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,

and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in

the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:16 And Jehoash

slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of

Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death

of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the

book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19 Now they made a

conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they

sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem

with his fathers in the city of David.

14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen

years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king

slept with his fathers.

14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah

Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria,

and reigned forty and one years.

14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made

Israel to sin.

14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto

the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel,

which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai,

the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very

bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper

for Israel.

14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel

from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son

of Joash.

14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and

his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath,

which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book

of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29 And Jeroboam slept

with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son

reigned in his stead.

15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began

Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned

two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah

of Jerusalem.

15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 15:4 Save that the

high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense

still on the high places.

15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day

of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son

was over the house, judging the people of the land.

15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his

fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did

Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his

fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of

Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote

him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written

in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying,

Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.

And so it came to pass.

15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and

thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in

Samaria.

15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to

Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him,

and reigned in his stead.

15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he

made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel.

15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the

coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore

he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped

up.

15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began

Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in

Samaria.

15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

who made Israel to sin.

15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem

gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him

to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty

men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the

king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not

there in the land.

15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned

in his stead.

15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son

of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two

years.

15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made

Israel to sin.

15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired

against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's

house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites:

and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,

behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

Israel.

15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the

son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned

twenty years.

15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made

Israel to sin.

15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of

Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh,

and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and

carried them captive to Assyria.

15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the

son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his

stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold,

they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel

began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he

reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha,

the daughter of Zadok.

15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did

according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed

and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate

of the house of the LORD.

15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the

king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in

his stead.

16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son

of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned

sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the

sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made

his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the

heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on

the hills, and under every green tree.

16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel

came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not

overcome him.

16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and

drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt

there unto this day.

16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,

saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the

hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel,

which rise up against me.

16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of

the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a

present to the king of Assyria.

16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of

Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people

of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of

Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to

Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,

according to all the workmanship thereof.

16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king

Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king

Ahaz came from Damascus.

16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the

altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and

poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace

offerings, upon the altar.

16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,

from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house

of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the

great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat

offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with

the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat

offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the

blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and

the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz

commanded.

16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the

laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen

that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.

16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house,

and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for

the king of Assyria.

16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 16:20

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in

the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of

Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not

as the kings of Israel that were before him.

17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea

became his servant, and gave him presents.

17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had

sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the

king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of

Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and

went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and

carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in

Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the

LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt,

from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other

gods, 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD

cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of

Israel, which they had made.

17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were

not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places

in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced

city.

17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and

under every green tree: 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the

high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before

them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 17:12

For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall

not do this thing.

17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all

the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil

ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the

law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my

servants the prophets.

17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,

like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD

their God.

17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made

with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against

them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the

heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had

charged them, that they should not do like them.

17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and

made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and

worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through

the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to

do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them

out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but

walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted

them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast

them out of his sight.

17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made

Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from

following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam

which he did; they departed not from them; 17:23 Until the LORD

removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants

the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to

Assyria unto this day.

17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from

Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed

them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and

they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that

they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them,

which slew some of them.

17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations

which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not

the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among

them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of

the God of the land.

17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of

the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell

there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria

came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the

LORD.

17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the

houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation

in their cities wherein they dwelt.

17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth

made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31 And the Avites

made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in

fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest

of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the

houses of the high places.

17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the

manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not

the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their

ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded

the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 17:35 With whom the LORD

had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other

gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to

them: 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt

with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him

shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the

commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for

evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;

neither shall ye fear other gods.

17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you

out of the hand of all your enemies.

17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former

manner.

17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven

images, both their children, and their children's children: as did

their fathers, so do they unto this day.

18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king

of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he

reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was

Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that David his father did.

18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down

the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had

made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to

it: and he called it Nehushtan.

18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none

like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him,

but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went

forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him

not.

18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders

thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which

was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth

year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,

Samaria was taken.

18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and

put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the

cities of the Medes: 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the

LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the

servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king

of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took

them.

18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to

Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou

puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto

Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty

talents of gold.

18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house

of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the

temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah

had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh

from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And

they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they

came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the

highway of the fuller's field.

18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them

Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna

the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus

saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this

wherein thou trustest? 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain

words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou

trust, that thou rebellest against me? 18:21 Now, behold, thou

trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on

which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is

Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that

he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and

hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar

in Jerusalem? 18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my

lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses,

if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the

least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots

and for horsemen? 18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD against

this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this

land, and destroy it.

18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto

Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language;

for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in

the ears of the people that are on the wall.

18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy

master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the

men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink

their own piss with you? 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a

loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of

the great king, the king of Assyria: 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let

not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out

of his hand: 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,

saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be

delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,

Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then

eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and

drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 18:32 Until I come and

take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a

land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye

may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he

persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land

out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 18:34 Where are the gods of

Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and

Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 18:35 Who are

they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their

country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out

of mine hand? 18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him

not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the

household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the

recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words

of Rabshakeh.

19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent

his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the

house of the LORD.

19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the

scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to

Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to

the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh,

whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living

God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard:

wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus

saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with

which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,

and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the

sword in his own land.

19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring

against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is

come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto

Hezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,

saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying,

Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to

all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers

have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of

Eden which were in Thelasar? 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and

the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,

and Ivah? 19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the

messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the

LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of

Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even

thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven

and earth.

19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and

see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to

reproach the living God.

19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the

nations and their lands, 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire:

for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone:

therefore they have destroyed them.

19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out

of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art

the LORD God, even thou only.

19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith

the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against

Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The

virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to

scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast

thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against

the Holy One of Israel.

19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said,

With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the

mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar

trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into

the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my

feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient

times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou

shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were

dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as

the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted

before it be grown up.

19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and

thy rage against me.

19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine

ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy

lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such

things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which

springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and

plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet

again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that

escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He

shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come

before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall

not come into this city, saith the LORD.

19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and

for my servant David's sake.

19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went

out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and

five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they

were all dead corpses.

19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,

and dwelt at Nineveh.

19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of

Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with

the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon

his son reigned in his stead.

20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet

Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the

LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

saying, 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked

before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that

which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle

court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn again,

and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the

God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy

tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up

unto the house of the LORD.

20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver

thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will

defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it

on the boil, and he recovered.

20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the

LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD

the third day? 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the

LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the

shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 20:10 And

Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten

degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the

shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of

Ahaz.

20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of

Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard

that Hezekiah had been sick.

20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house

of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and

the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that

was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all

his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto

him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And

Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.

20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah

answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there

is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that

which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be

carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt

beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace

of the king of Babylon.

20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD

which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and

truth be in my days? 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and

all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought

water into the city, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his

fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned

fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was

Hephzibah.

21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after

the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the

children of Israel.

21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father

had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as

did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and

served them.

21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD

said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts

of the house of the LORD.

21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times,

and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he

wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to

anger.

21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the

house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In

this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of

Israel, will I put my name for ever: 21:8 Neither will I make the feet

of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers;

only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded

them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded

them.

21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil

than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of

Israel.

21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 21:11

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath

done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him,

and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 21:12 Therefore thus

saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon

Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall

tingle.

21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the

plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man

wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver

them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and

a spoil to all their enemies; 21:15 Because they have done that which

was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day

their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had

filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he

made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the

LORD.

21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and

his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:18 And Manasseh slept with his

fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden

of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was

Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his

father Manasseh did.

21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and

served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 21:22

And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way

of the LORD.

21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the

king in his own house.

21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired

against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king

in his stead.

21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah

his son reigned in his stead.

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah,

the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and

walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the

right hand or to the left.

22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that

the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the

scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the

high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the

house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the

people: 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the

work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them

give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to

repair the breaches of the house, 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders,

and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that

was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have

found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave

the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king

word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was

found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that

do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the

priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the

book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of

Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and

Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 22:13 Go ye, enquire of the

LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the

words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD

that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened

unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is

written concerning us.

22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and

Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son

of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt

in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell

the man that sent you to me, 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will

bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all

the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 22:17 Because

they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that

they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;

therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not

be quenched.

22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD,

thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As

touching the words which thou hast heard; 22:19 Because thine heart

was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou

heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants

thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast

rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith

the LORD.

22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou

shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not

see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought

the king word again.

23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of

Judah and of Jerusalem.

23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men

of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the

priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:

and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant

which was found in the house of the LORD.

23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the

LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his

testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul,

to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

And all the people stood to the covenant.

23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests

of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out

of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and

for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them

without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of

them unto Bethel.

23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah

had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of

Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned

incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets,

and to all the host of heaven.

23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without

Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron,

and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the

graves of the children of the people.

23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the

house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and

defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from

Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that

were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the

city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the

altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened

bread among their brethren.

23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children

of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass

through the fire to Molech.

23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to

the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber

of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned

the chariots of the sun with fire.

23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of

Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh

had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat

down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into

the brook Kidron.

23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on

the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of

Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and

for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the

abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and

filled their places with the bones of men.

23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that

altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and

stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were

there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the

sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according

to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who

proclaimed these words.

23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the

city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from

Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the

altar of Bethel.

23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they

let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of

Samaria.

23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the

cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the

Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the

acts that he had done in Bethel.

23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there

upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to

Jerusalem.

23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover

unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the

judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel,

nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king

Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and

the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in

the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might

perform the words of the law which were written in the book that

Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to

the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his

might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose

there any like him.

23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his

great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of

all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as

I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I

have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king

of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him;

and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and

brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the

people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him,

and made him king in his father's stead.

23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign;

and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was

Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his fathers had done.

23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of

Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a

tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the

room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took

Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he

taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of

Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land,

of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.

23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign;

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was

Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his fathers had done.

24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim

became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against

him.

24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of

the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of

Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the

word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to

remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to

all that he did; 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed:

for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not

pardon.

24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son

reigned in his stead.

24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land:

for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the

river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta,

the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father had done.

24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came

up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and

his servants did besiege it.

24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of

Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and

his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of

his reign.

24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the

LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the

vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of

the LORD, as the LORD had said.

24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all

the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the

craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the

people of the land.

24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's

mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the

land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and

smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the

king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king

in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was

Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem

and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah

rebelled against the king of Babylon.

25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth

month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of

Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched

against it; and they built forts against it round about.

25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king

Zedekiah.

25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in

the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night

by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's

garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the

king went the way toward the plain.

25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook

him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from

him.

25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon

to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out

the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried

him to Babylon.

25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is

the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came

Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon,

unto Jerusalem: 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the

king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's

house burnt he with fire.

25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of

the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the

fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of

the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the

land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and

the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did

the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to

Babylon.

25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,

and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they

away.

25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of

gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took

away.

25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made

for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without

weight.

25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the

chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three

cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter

round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar

with wreathen work.

25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and

Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25:19

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of

war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were

found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which

mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of

the land that were found in the city: 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain of

the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to

Riblah: 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at

Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their

land.

25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men,

heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came

to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan

the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,

and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto

them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land,

and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son

of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten

men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the

Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of

the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the

Chaldees.

25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the

captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the

seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of

Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of

Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28 And he spake kindly to

him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with

him in Babylon; 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat

bread continually before him all the days of his life.

25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the

king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

The First Book of the Chronicles

1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 1:3 Henoch,

Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and

Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah,

and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and

Caphthorim.

1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 The Jebusite

also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 And the Hivite, and

the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,

and the Hamathite.

1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and

Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;

because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was

Joktan.

1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and

Jerah, 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 And Ebal, and

Abimael, and Sheba, 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these

were the sons of Joktan.

1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor,

Terah, 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.

1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;

then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa,

Hadad, and Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons

of Ishmael.

1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran,

and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the

sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,

and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and

Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,

and Timna, and Amalek.

1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's

sister.

1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and

Onam.

and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.

1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and

Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of

Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before

any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor:

and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned

in his stead.

1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites

reigned in his stead.

1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote

Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his

city was Avith.

1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned

in his stead.

1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in

his stead.

1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the

name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the

daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke

Aliah, duke Jetheth, 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1:53

Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram.

These are the dukes of Edom.

2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad,

and Asher.

2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born

unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the

firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew

him.

2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the

sons of Judah were five.

2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,

and Dara: five of them in all.

2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who

transgressed in the thing accursed.

2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and

Ram, and Chelubai.

2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of

the children of Judah; 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat

Boaz, 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 2:13 And Jesse

begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the

third, 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 2:15 Ozem the

sixth, David the seventh: 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and

Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel,

three.

2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the

Ishmeelite.

2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,

and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare

him Hur.

2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father

of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she

bare him Segub.

2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land

of Gilead.

2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,

with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these

belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah

Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the

firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was

the mother of Onam.

2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and

Jamin, and Eker.

2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of

Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.

2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him

Ahban, and Molid.

2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without

children.

2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And

the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and

Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons

of Jerahmeel.

2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a

servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and

she bare him Attai.

2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 2:37 And Zabad

begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and

Jehu begat Azariah, 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat

Eleasah, 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his

firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the

father of Hebron.

2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat

Shammai.

2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of

Bethzur.

2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:

and Haran begat Gazez.

2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet,

and Ephah, and Shaaph.

2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of

Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was

Achsa.

2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of

Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.

2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half

of the Manahethites.

2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites,

and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites,

and the Eshtaulites, 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the

Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the

Manahethites, the Zorites.

2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the

Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites

that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in

Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second

Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of

Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah

the son of Haggith: 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth,

Ithream by Eglah his wife.

3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven

years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three

years.

3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and

Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 3:6

Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg,

and Japhia, 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the

concubines, and Tamar their sister.

3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,

Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his

son, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13 Ahaz

his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son, Josiah

his son.

3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second

Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 3:18

Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and

Nedabiah.

3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the

sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their

sister: 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,

Jushabhesed, five.

3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of

Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of

Shechaniah.

3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;

Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,

three.

3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and

Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat

Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and

Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4:4 And Penuel

the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons

of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and

Haahashtari.

These were the sons of Naarah.

4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the

son of Harum.

4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother

called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou

wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand

might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it

may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father

of Eshton.

4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father

of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of

Othniel; Hathath.

4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of

the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:

and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and

Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of

Eshtemoa.

4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber

the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are

the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father

of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and

Tilon.

And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,

and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of

them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 4:22 And Jokim,

and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in

Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.

4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and

hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and

Shaul: 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei

his son.

4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren

had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to

the children of Judah.

4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at

Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and

at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign

of David.

4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and

Ashan, five cities: 4:33 And all their villages that were round about

the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their

genealogy.

4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 4:35

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of

Asiel, 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah,

and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi,

the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of

Shemaiah; 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their

families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side

of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and

quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of

Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found

there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their

rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,

went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,

and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and

dwelt there unto this day.

5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the

firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his

birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and

the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief

ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3 The sons, I say, of

Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and

Carmi.

5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 5:6 Beerah his son,

whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was

prince of the Reubenites.

5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their

generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt

in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 5:9 And eastward he inhabited

unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates:

because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who

fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the

east land of Gilead.

5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of

Bashan unto Salcah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and

Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael,

and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,

seven.

5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of

Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,

the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son

of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all

the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king

of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of

Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to

shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven

hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,

and Nodab.

5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were

delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried

to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put

their trust in him.

5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,

and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two

thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And

they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:

they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount

Hermon.

5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even

Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,

and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house

of their fathers.

5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went

a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed

before them.

5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of

Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he

carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half

tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara,

and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons

also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 6:5 And Abishua

begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and

Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat

Ahitub, 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 6:9 And

Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 6:10 And Johanan

begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the

temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 6:11 And Azariah begat

Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and

Zadok begat Shallum, 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat

Azariah, 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away

Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and

Uzziel.

6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families

of the Levites according to their fathers.

6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6:21

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his

son, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath

his son, 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza

his son, 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the

house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle

of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of

the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according

to their order.

6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons

of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of

Shemuel, 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of

Eliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the

son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of

Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 6:37 The son of

Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38

The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of

Israel.

6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph

the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40 The son of Michael, the

son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 6:41 The son of Ethni, the son

of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,

the son of Shimei, 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son

of Levi.

6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand:

Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45 The

son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 6:46 The son

of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 6:47 The son of Mahli,

the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of

service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt

offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the

work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel,

according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his

son, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his

son, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53

Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in

their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites:

for theirs was the lot.

6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs

thereof round about it.

6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave

to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,

Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,

and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs,

Debir with her suburbs, 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and

Bethshemesh with her suburbs: 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin;

Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with

her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen

cities.

6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of

that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of

the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the

tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe

of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen

cities.

6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their

families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and

out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with

their suburbs.

6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,

and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe

of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their

names.

6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities

of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in

mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and

Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of

Kohath.

6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half

tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth

with her suburbs: 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with

her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 6:73 And Ramoth with her

suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 6:74 And out of the tribe of

Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 6:75 And

Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 6:76 And out of

the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon

with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the

tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of

Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the

wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 6:79

Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 6:80

And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and

Mahanaim with her suburbs, 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and

Jazer with her suburbs.

7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and

Shimrom, four.

7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,

and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of

Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose

number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six

hundred.

7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,

and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their

fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men:

for they had many wives and sons.

7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant

men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven

thousand.

7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,

and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of

valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand

and thirty and four.

7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and

Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and

Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their

generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of

valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,

and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and

Ahishahar.

7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,

mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred

soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the

sons of Aher.

7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,

the sons of Bilhah.

7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine

the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 7:15 And Machir took

to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was

Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad

had daughters.

7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his

name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons

were Ulam and Rakem.

7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and

Aniam.

7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath

his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 And Zabad his

son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath

that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away

their cattle.

7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came

to comfort him.

7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son,

and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and

the upper, and Uzzensherah.) 7:25 And Rephah was his son, also

Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.

7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.

7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.

7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns

thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns

thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns

thereof: 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,

Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns,

Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of

Israel.

7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and

Serah their sister.

7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of

Birzavith.

7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their

sister.

7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These

are the children of Japhlet.

7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,

and Amal.

7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and

Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and

Beera.

7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's

house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the

number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and

to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and

Aharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 And

Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and

Huram.

8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers

of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 And

Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and

Ahihud.

8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had

sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and

Malcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons,

heads of the fathers.

8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono,

and Lod, with the towns thereof: 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were

heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the

inhabitants of Gath: 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15 And

Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha,

the sons of Beriah; 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and

Heber, 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai,

and Eliel, 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of

Shimhi; 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8:23 And Abdon, and

Zichri, and Hanan, 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 8:25

And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 8:26 And Shamsherai,

and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri,

the sons of Jeroham.

8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.

These dwelt in Jerusalem.

8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was

Maachah: 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and

Baal, and Nadab, 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their

brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan,

and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.

8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and

Ahaz.

8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and

Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 8:37 And Moza begat Binea:

Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 8:38 And Azel had

six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and

Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn,

Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had

many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the

sons of Benjamin.

9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were

written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried

away to Babylon for their transgression.

9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their

cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the

children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the

son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred

and ninety.

9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son

of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham,

and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of

Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 And their

brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and

six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their

fathers.

9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 9:11 And

Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,

the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of

Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son

of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 9:13 And

their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and

seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the

service of the house of God.

9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of

Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15 And

Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son

of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the

son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the

son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,

and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 9:18 Who hitherto waited in

the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the

children of Levi.

9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of

Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites,

were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the

tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were

keepers of the entry.

9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time

past, and the LORD was with him.

9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two

hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their

villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set

office.

9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the

house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north,

and south.

9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come

after seven days from time to time with them.

9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set

office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge

was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to

them.

9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,

that they should bring them in and out by tale.

9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all

the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine,

and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the

spices.

9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of

Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were

made in the pans.

9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were

over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,

who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in

that work day and night.

9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their

generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's

name was Maachah: 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and

Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.

9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their

brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,

and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.

9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and

Ahaz.

9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and

Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah

his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,

and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons

of Azel.

10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel

fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons;

and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the

sons of Saul.

10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him,

and he was wounded of the archers.

10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me

through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his

armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword,

and fell upon it.

10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell

likewise on the sword, and died.

10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died

together.

10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that

they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook

their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to

strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount

Gilboa.

10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his

armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to

carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened

his head in the temple of Dagon.

10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had

done to Saul, 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the

body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,

and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against

the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and

also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire

of it; 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and

turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,

Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he

that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said

unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler

over my people Israel.

11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron;

and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and

they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the

LORD by Samuel.

11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where

the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come

hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city

of David.

11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be

chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was

chief.

11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city

of David.

11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about:

and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was

with him.

11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who

strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel,

to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;

Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his

spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was

one of the three mighties.

11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were

gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of

barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and

delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a

great deliverance.

11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,

into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in

the valley of Rephaim.

11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison

was then at Bethlehem.

11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of

the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 11:18 And

the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water

out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and

brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it

out to the LORD.

11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing:

shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in

jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.

Therefore he would not drink it.

These things did these three mightiest.

11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for

lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a

name among the three.

11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was

their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of

Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab:

also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits

high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and

he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the

Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name

among the three mighties.

11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to

the first three: and David set him over his guard.

11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of

Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth the

Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

Abiezer the Antothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the

Ahohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the

Netophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained

to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai of

the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth the

Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34 The sons of Hashem the

Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the son

of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher the

Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai

the son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of

Haggeri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the

armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb

the Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and

thirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the

Mithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of

Hothan the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his

brother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and

Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel,

and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet

kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were

among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and

the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of

Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the

Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah,

and Jehu the Antothite.

12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and

over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad

the Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and

Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and

Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 12:7 And Joelah, and

Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the

hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the

battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like

the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 12:10

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth,

Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13

Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.

12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the

least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it

had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the

valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold

unto David.

12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto

them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be

knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing

there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon,

and rebuke it.

12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,

and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:

peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God

helpeth thee.

Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the

Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the

lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He

will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and

Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and

Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they

were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him,

until it was a great host, like the host of God.

12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to

the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to

him, according to the word of the LORD.

12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six

thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war,

seven thousand and one hundred.

12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were

three thousand and seven hundred; 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty

of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three

thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of

the house of Saul.

12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight

hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their

fathers.

12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were

expressed by name, to come and make David king.

12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had

understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads

of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their

commandment.

12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with

all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they

were not of double heart.

12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield

and spear thirty and seven thousand.

12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and

six hundred.

12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty

thousand.

12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the

Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of

instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect

heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest

also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:

for their brethren had prepared for them.

12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and

Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on

mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of

raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there

was joy in Israel.

13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,

and with every leader.

13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem

good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad

unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of

Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in

their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired

not at it in the days of Saul.

13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the

thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even

unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from

Kirjathjearim.

13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to

Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of

God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is

called on it.

13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of

Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might,

and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with

timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put

forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote

him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach

upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring

the ark of God home to me? 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to

himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of

Obededom the Gittite.

13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his

house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and

all that he had.

14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of

cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over

Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people

Israel.

14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons

and daughters.

14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in

Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 And Ibhar,

and Elishua, and Elpalet, 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7

And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over

all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard

of it, and went out against them.

14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of

Rephaim.

14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the

Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD

said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then

David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the

breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place

Baalperazim.

14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a

commandment, and they were burned with fire.

14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the

valley.

14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go

not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over

against the mulberry trees.

14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the

tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for

God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the

host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD

brought the fear of him upon all nations.

15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a

place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the

Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to

minister unto him for ever.

15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up

the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5

Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred

and twenty: 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his

brethren two hundred and twenty: 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the

chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 15:8 Of the sons of

Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 15:9 Of

the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 15:10

Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an

hundred and twelve.

15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the

Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and

Amminadab, 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers

of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that

ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that

I have prepared for it.

15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a

breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up

the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their

shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the

word of the LORD.

15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their

brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and

harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his

brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their

brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 And with them their

brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and

Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah,

and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel,

the porters.

15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound

with cymbals of brass; 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and

Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and

Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 15:21 And Mattithiah, and

Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with

harps on the Sheminith to excel.

15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed

about the song, because he was skilful.

15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and

Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the

trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were

doorkeepers for the ark.

15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over

thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of

the house of Obededom with joy.

15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the

ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and

seven rams.

15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the

Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master

of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of

linen.

15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD

with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and

with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came

to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at

a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in

her heart.

16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the

tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices

and peace offerings before God.

16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings

and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the

LORD.

16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every

one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the

ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God

of Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and

Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and

Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a

sound with cymbals; 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with

trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the

LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his

deeds among the people.

16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous

works.

16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that

seek the LORD.

16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,

and the judgments of his mouth; 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant,

ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he

commanded to a thousand generations; 16:16 Even of the covenant which

he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 16:17 And hath

confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an

everlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of

Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 16:19 When ye were but few, even

a few, and strangers in it.

16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom

to another people; 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he

reproved kings for their sakes, 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed,

and do my prophets no harm.

16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day

his salvation.

16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among

all nations.

16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to

be feared above all gods.

16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the

heavens.

16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are

in his place.

16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the

LORD glory and strength.

16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an

offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of

holiness.

16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable,

that it be not moved.

16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men

say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields

rejoice, and all that is therein.

16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the

LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy

endureth for ever.

16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us

together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to

thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the

people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD

Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as

every day's work required: 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren,

threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to

be porters: 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests,

before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at

Gibeon, 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of

the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do

according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he

commanded Israel; 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest

that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the

LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 16:42 And with them Heman

and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a

sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun

were porters.

16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David

returned to bless his house.

17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said

to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark

of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for

God is with thee.

17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to

Nathan, saying, 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the

LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 17:5 For I have

not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this

day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to

another.

17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any

of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying,

Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 17:7 Now therefore thus

shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I

took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou

shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 17:8 And I have been with

thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine

enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of

the great men that are in the earth.

17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant

them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more;

neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at

the beginning, 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be

over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.

Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou

must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after

thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for

ever.

17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not

take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before

thee: 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for

ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,

so did Nathan speak unto David.

17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who

am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me

hitherto? 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God;

for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to

come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high

degree, O LORD God.

17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant?

for thou knowest thy servant.

17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own

heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these

great things.

17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside

thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom

God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of

greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy

people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 17:22 For thy people

Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD,

becamest their God.

17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken

concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for

ever, and do as thou hast said.

17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for

ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to

Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before

thee.

17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build

him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray

before thee.

17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness

unto thy servant: 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the

house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou

blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.

18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines,

and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the

Philistines.

18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and

brought gifts.

18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went

to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand

horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the

chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of

Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became

David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David

whithersoever he went.

18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of

Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,

brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea,

and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the

host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to king

David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he

had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war

with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and

brass.

18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver

and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and

from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines,

and from Amalek.

18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the

valley of salt eighteen thousand.

18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became

David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and

justice among all his people.

18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat

the son of Ahilud, recorder.

18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,

were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 And Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of

David were chief about the king.

19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the

children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of

Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent

messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of

David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort

him.

19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest

thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters

unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to

overthrow, and to spy out the land? 19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's

servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst

hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served.

And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the

king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then

return.

19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves

odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand

talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of

Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of

Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the

children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and

came to battle.

19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the

mighty men.

19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array

before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by

themselves in the field.

19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and

behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in

array against the Syrians.

19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai

his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of

Ammon.

19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou

shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee,

then I will help thee.

19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for

our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that

which is good in his sight.

19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the

Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,

they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the

city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before

Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were

beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer

went before them.

19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed

over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against

them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians,

they fought with him.

19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the

Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty

thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the

worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his

servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any

more.

20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time

that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and

wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged

Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and

destroyed it.

20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and

found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in

it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding

much spoil out of the city.

20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with

saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David

with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the

people returned to Jerusalem.

20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer

with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew

Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son

of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear

staff was like a weaver's beam.

20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great

stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each

hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's

brother slew him.

20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand

of David, and by the hand of his servants.

21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number

Israel.

21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,

number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them

to me, that I may know it.

21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so

many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my

lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will

he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 21:4 Nevertheless the king's

word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went

throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And

all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand

men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten

thousand men that drew sword.

21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's

word was abominable to Joab.

21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote

Israel.

21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have

done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy

servant; for I have done very foolishly.

21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go and

tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things:

choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,

Choose thee 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be

destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies

overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the

pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying

throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what

word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now

into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me

not fall into the hand of man.

21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of

Israel seventy thousand men.

21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he

was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and

said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.

And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the

Jebusite.

21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD

stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his

hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of

Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people

to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed;

but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray

thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on

thy people, that they should be plagued.

21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that

David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the

threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the

name of the LORD.

21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with

him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went

out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to

the ground.

21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this

threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou

shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed

from the people.

21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the

king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also

for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the

wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for

the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD,

nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold

by weight.

21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he

answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again

into the sheath thereof.

21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in

the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the

wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season

in the high place at Gibeon.

21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was

afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is

the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in

the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build

the house of God.

22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors

of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without

weight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they

of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house

that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of

fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make

preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an

house for the LORD God of Israel.

22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind

to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 22:8 But the word

of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and

hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name,

because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest;

and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his

name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel

in his days.

22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and

I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom

over Israel for ever.

22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build

the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee

charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD

thy God.

22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the

statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning

Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the

LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand

talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in

abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add

thereto.

22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and

workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every

manner of work.

22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is

no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon

his son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he

not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of

the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and

before his people.

22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;

arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring

the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into

the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son

king over Israel.

23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the

priests and the Levites.

23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and

upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and

eight thousand.

23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work

of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised

the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise

therewith.

23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,

namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,

three.

23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.

These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and

Beriah.

These four were the sons of Shimei.

23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and

Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,

according to their father's house.

23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,

that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for

ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to

bless in his name for ever.

23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the

tribe of Levi.

23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer

had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.

23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;

Eleazar, and Kish.

23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their

brethren the sons of Kish took them.

23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers;

even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names

by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the

LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his

people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 23:26 And also unto

the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels

of it for the service thereof.

23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from

twenty years old and above: 23:28 Because their office was to wait on

the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the

courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things,

and the work of the service of the house of God; 23:29 Both for the

shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the

unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that

which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 23:30 And to

stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at

even: 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the

sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number,

according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the

LORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of

the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of

the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the

LORD.

24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of

Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no

children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,

and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in

their service.

24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than

of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of

Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers,

and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their

fathers.

24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the

governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of

the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,

wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and

Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of

the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for

Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9 The fifth to

Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the

eighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,

24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13 The

thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenth

to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the

eighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth

to Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and

twentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four

and twentieth to Maaziah.

24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into

the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their

father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of

Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was

Isshiah.

24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;

Zechariah.

24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;

Beno.

24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and

Ibri.

24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.

24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.

24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These

were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of

Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and

the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the

principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the

service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who

should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the

number of the workmen according to their service was: 25:2 Of the sons

of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of

Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the

order of the king.

25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and

Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their

father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to

praise the LORD.

25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,

and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,

Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were the

sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the

horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the

house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the

service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph,

Jeduthun, and Heman.

25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed

in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred

fourscore and eight.

25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the

great, the teacher as the scholar.

25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to

Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10 The third

to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:11 The

fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:12 The

fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:13

The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,

were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his

brethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and

his brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his

sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah,

he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:20 The thirteenth to

Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:21 The

fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his

brethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his

sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani,

he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:26 The nineteenth to

Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:27 The

twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,

were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons,

and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The three and twentieth to

Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:31 The four

and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve.

26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was

Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,

Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elam

the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,

Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and

Nethaneel the fifth.

26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for

God blessed him.

26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout

the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,

whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their

brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and

two of Obededom.

26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the

chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him

the chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah

the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the

chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house

of the LORD.

26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to

the house of their fathers, for every gate.

26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his

son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out

northward.

26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate

Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four

a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore,

and among the sons of Merari.

26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house

of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite

Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were

over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the

Uzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses,

was ruler of the treasures.

26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his

son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of

the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the

captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host,

had dedicated.

26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain

the house of the LORD.

26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and

Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and

whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith,

and of his brethren.

26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward

business over Israel, for officers and judges.

26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of

valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of

Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD,

and in the service of the king.

26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the

Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the

fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there

were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven

hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the

Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every

matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief

fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers

that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and

went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of

every course were twenty and four thousand.

27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son

of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the

host for the first month.

27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and

of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were

twenty and four thousand.

27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the

son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and

four thousand.

27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above

the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of

Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty

and four thousand.

27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:

and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh

the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the

Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty

and four thousand.

27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the

Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the

Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the

Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the

Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty

and four thousand.

27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the

Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the

Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,

Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son

of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the

brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 Of

Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of

Azriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah:

of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of the

half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of

Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of

Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and

under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the

stars of the heavens.

27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,

because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number

put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and

over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the

villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 27:26

And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground

was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei

the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars

was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the olive trees and the

sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite:

and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 And over the herds that

fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were

in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 Over the camels

also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the

Meronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All

these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a

scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33

And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was

the king's companion: 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son

of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.

28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the

tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king

by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the

hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of

the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men,

and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my

brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an

house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the

footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 28:3 But

God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because

thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of

my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to

be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and

among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all

Israel: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many

sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the

kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and

my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his

father.

28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant

to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the

LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the

commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land,

and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and

serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD

searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the

thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou

forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house

for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and

of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper

chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place

of the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the

spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the

chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of

the treasuries of the dedicated things: 28:13 Also for the courses of

the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of

the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house

of the LORD.

28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all

instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments

of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their

lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps

thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the

candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of

every candlestick.

28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for

every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 28:17 Also

pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the

golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise

silver by weight for every bason of silver: 28:18 And for the altar of

incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the

chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the

ark of the covenant of the LORD.

28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by

his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good

courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even

my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,

until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of

the LORD.

28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even

they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and

there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing

skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the

people will be wholly at thy commandment.

29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,

Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender,

and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD

God.

29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the

gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of

silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of

iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,

glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious

stones, and marble stones in abundance.

29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God,

I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given

to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for

the holy house.

29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and

seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the

houses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for

things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands

of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this

day unto the LORD? 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of

the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,

with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 29:7 And gave

for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and

ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass

eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the

treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the

Gershonite.

29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,

because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and

David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:

and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for

ever and ever.

29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,

and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in

the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted

as head above all.

29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all;

and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make

great, and to give strength unto all.

29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious

name.

29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to

offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and

of thine own have we given thee.

29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all

our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none

abiding.

29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build

thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all

thine own.

29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast

pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I

have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy

thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep

this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy

people, and prepare their heart unto thee: 29:19 And give unto Solomon

my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and

thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for

the which I have made provision.

29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your

God.

And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and

bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand

bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink

offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 29:22 And did

eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And

they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed

him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of

David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons

likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all

Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on

any king before him in Israel.

29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven

years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in

Jerusalem.

29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour:

and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are

written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the

prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 29:30 With all his reign and

his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over

all the kingdoms of the countries.

The Second Book of the Chronicles

1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and

the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands

and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all

Israel, the chief of the fathers.

1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high

place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the

congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in

the wilderness.

1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the

place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for

it at Jerusalem.

1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son

of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and

Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD,

which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a

thousand burnt offerings upon it.

1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask

what I shall give thee.

1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David

my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be

established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of

the earth in multitude.

1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in

before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so

great? 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart,

and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of

thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom

and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom

I have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee;

and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of

the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any

after thee have the like.

1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at

Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation,

and reigned over Israel.

1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand

and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he

placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as

stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the

vale for abundance.

1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the

king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for

six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty:

and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and

for the kings of Syria, by their means.

2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD,

and an house for his kingdom.

2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear

burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three

thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst

deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an

house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to

dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the

continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening,

on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the

LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above

all gods.

2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and

heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should

build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 2:7 Send

me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in

brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can

skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in

Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of

Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in

Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9 Even

to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to

build shall be wonderful great.

2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut

timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand

measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty

thousand baths of oil.

2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to

Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee

king over them.

2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made

heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued

with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the

LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of

Huram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,

and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in

silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in

blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of

graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with

thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,

which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 And

we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we

will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry

it up to Jerusalem.

2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of

Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered

them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three

thousand and six hundred.

2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of

burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and

three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in

mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the

place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the

Jebusite.

3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in

the fourth year of his reign.

3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the

building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first

measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it

was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the

height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure

gold.

3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid

with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and

the gold was gold of Parvaim.

3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls

thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the

walls.

3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according

to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof

twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six

hundred talents.

3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he

overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work,

and overlaid them with gold.

3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing

of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:

and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of

the other cherub.

3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the

wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to

the wing of the other cherub.

3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty

cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine

linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five

cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was

five cubits.

3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads

of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the

chains.

3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right

hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the

right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length

thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the

height thereof.

4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round

in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty

cubits did compass it round about.

4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it

round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows

of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and

three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and

three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,

and all their hinder parts were inward.

4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it

like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it

received and held three thousand baths.

4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five

on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the

burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to

wash in.

4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and

set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on

the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of

gold.

4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,

and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over

against the south.

4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And

Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the

house of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the

chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two

wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the

top of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two

wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two

pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15 One

sea, and twelve oxen under it.

4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their

instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house

of the LORD of bright brass.

4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground

between Succoth and Zeredathah.

4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the

weight of the brass could not be found out.

4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God,

the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn

after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 And the

flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that

perfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,

and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner

doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of

the temple, were of gold.

5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was

finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father

had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,

put he among the treasures of the house of God.

5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of

the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto

Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the

city of David, which is Zion.

5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king

in the feast which was in the seventh month.

5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the

ark.

5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the

congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,

these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were

assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which

could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD

unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place,

even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8 For the cherubims spread

forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered

the ark and the staves thereof above.

5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the

staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not

seen without. And there it is unto this day.

5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put

therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of

Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy

place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did

not then wait by course: 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers,

all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their

brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries

and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an

hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 5:13 It came even

to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound

to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up

their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick,

and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth

for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house

of the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by

reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of

God.

6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the

thick darkness.

6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for

thy dwelling for ever.

6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation

of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his

hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David,

saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the

land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build

an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to

be a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem,

that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my

people Israel.

6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for

the name of the LORD God of Israel.

6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine

heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in

thine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but

thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the

house for my name.

6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken:

for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the

throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for

the name of the LORD God of Israel.

6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the

LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all

the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 6:13 For

Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five

cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of

the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees

before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands

toward heaven.

6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the

heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy

unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 6:15

Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou

hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it

with thine hand, as it is this day.

6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David

my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not

fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so

that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou

hast walked before me.

6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which

thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,

heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less

this house which I have built! 6:19 Have respect therefore to the

prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to

hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before

thee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,

upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name

there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward

this place.

6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of

thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou

from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest,

forgive.

6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him

to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by

requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and

by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his

righteousness.

6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,

because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess

thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy

people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to

them and to their fathers.

6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they

have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and

confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict

them; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy

servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the

good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which

thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there

be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies

besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or

whatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what prayer or what

supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people

Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and

shall spread forth his hands in this house: 6:30 Then hear thou from

heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man

according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only

knowest the hearts of the children of men:) 6:31 That they may fear

thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou

gavest unto our fathers.

6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people

Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and

thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in

this house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy

dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to

thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear

thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I

have built is called by thy name.

6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that

thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which

thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 6:35

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication,

and maintain their cause.

6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth

not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their

enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or

near; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are

carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their

captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt

wickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with

all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have

carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest

unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and

toward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39 Then hear thou

from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their

supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which

have sinned against thee.

6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let

thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,

and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed

with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember

the mercies of David thy servant.

7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down

from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and

the glory of the LORD filled the house.

7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,

because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.

7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,

and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with

their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and

praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for

ever.

7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the

LORD.

7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand

oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all

the people dedicated the house of God.

7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with

instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to

praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David

praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before

them, and all Israel stood.

7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before

the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the

fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had

made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat

offerings, and the fat.

7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all

Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of

Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept

the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent

the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the

goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to

Israel his people.

7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's

house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of

the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I

have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an

house of sacrifice.

7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the

locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble

themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked

ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and

will heal their land.

7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer

that is made in this place.

7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may

be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there

perpetually.

7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father

walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt

observe my statutes and my judgments; 7:18 Then will I stablish the

throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy

father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments,

which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and

worship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my

land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified

for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a

proverb and a byword among all nations.

7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every

one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done

thus unto this land, and unto this house? 7:22 And it shall be

answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which

brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other

gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought

all this evil upon them.

8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon

had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 8:2 That the

cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and

caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities,

which he built in Hamath.

8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,

fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 8:6 And Baalath, and all

the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the

cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in

Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his

dominion.

8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the

Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their children, who were left

after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them

did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his

work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and

captains of his chariots and horsemen.

8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two

hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of

David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife

shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the

places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar

of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 8:13 Even after a

certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of

Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn

feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened

bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the

courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their

charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of

every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate:

for so had David the man of God commanded.

8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the

priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the

treasures.

8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the

foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the

house of the LORD was perfected.

8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in

the land of Edom.

8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and

servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the

servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty

talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came

to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great

company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and

precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with

him of all that was in her heart.

9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid

from Solomon which he told her not.

9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and

the house that he had built, 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the

sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and

their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent

by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more

spirit in her.

9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in

mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believed

not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold,

the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou

exceedest the fame that I heard.

9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand

continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee

on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved

Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over

them, to do judgment and justice.

9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and

of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any

such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,

which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious

stones.

9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the

LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers:

and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,

whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king.

So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six

hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 Beside that which

chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and

governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six

hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred

shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house

of the forest of Lebanon.

9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it

with pure gold.

9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,

which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the

sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 9:19 And twelve

lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps.

There was not the like made in any kingdom.

9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and

all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure

gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the

days of Solomon.

9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:

every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and

silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and

wisdom.

9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to

hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and

vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules,

a rate year by year.

9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and

twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and

with the king at Jerusalem.

9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the

land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees

made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all

lands.

9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not

written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of

Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against

Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over

all Israel forty years.

9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city

of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come

to make him king.

10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in

Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard

it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and

spake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now

therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and

his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And

the people departed.

10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood

before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel

give ye me to return answer to this people? 10:7 And they spake unto

him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and

speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.

10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took

counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood

before him.

10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return

answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat

the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10:10 And the young men

that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou

answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our

yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou

say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's

loins.

10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more

to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise

you with scorpions.

10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third

day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook

the counsel of the old men, 10:14 And answered them after the advice

of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will

add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise

you with scorpions.

10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of

God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand

of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto

them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in

David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to

your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all

Israel went to their tents.

10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of

Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and

the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king

Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to

Jerusalem.

10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house

of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men,

which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the

kingdom again to Rehoboam.

11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all

Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye

shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to

his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of

the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in

Judah.

11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 And Bethzur,

and Shoco, and Adullam, 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9

And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon,

and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and

store of victual, and of oil and wine.

11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made

them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted

to him out of all their coasts.

11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and

came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them

off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 11:15 And he

ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for

the calves which he had made.

11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their

hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice

unto the LORD God of their fathers.

11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the

son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the

way of David and Solomon.

11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son

of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which

bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his

wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore

concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore

daughters.) 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the

chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him

king.

11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children

throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced

city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many

wives.

12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,

and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all

Israel with him.

12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam

Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had

transgressed against the LORD, 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and

threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that

came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the

Ethiopians.

12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came

to Jerusalem.

12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of

Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,

and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and

therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;

and they said, The LORD is righteous.

12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of

the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;

therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some

deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by

the hand of Shishak.

12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my

service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away

the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the

king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold

which Solomon had made.

12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and

committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the

entrance of the king's house.

12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard

came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from

him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah

things went well.

12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:

for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had

chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his

mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the

LORD.

12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written

in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning

genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam

continually.

12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city

of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign

over Judah.

13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was

Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between

Abijah and Jeroboam.

13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of

war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the

battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men,

being mighty men of valour.

13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount

Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13:5 Ought

ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over

Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of

salt? 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the

son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,

and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,

when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand

them.

13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand

of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with

your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron,

and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the

nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself

with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them

that are no gods.

13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken

him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of

Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 13:11 And they burn

unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and

sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure

table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn

every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have

forsaken him.

13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his

priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of

Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye

shall not prosper.

13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so

they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and

behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the

trumpets.

13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah

shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel

before Abijah and Judah.

13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered

them into their hand.

13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so

there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and

the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God

of their fathers.

13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,

Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof,

and Ephraim with the towns thereof.

13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of

Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat

twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his

sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city

of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land

was quiet ten years.

14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD

his God: 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the

high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 14:4

And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do

the law and the commandment.

14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places

and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and

he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make

about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet

before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought

him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and

prospered.

14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of

Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields

and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were

mighty men of valour.

14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host

of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto

Mareshah.

14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array

in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is

nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have

no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy

name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no

man prevail against thee.

14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;

and the Ethiopians fled.

14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto

Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover

themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his

host; and they carried away very much spoil.

14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of

the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there

was exceeding much spoil in them.

14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and

camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 And

he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all

Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if

ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will

forsake you.

15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and

without a teaching priest, and without law.

15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of

Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor

to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants

of the countries.

15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did

vex them with all adversity.

15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your

work shall be rewarded.

15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the

prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all

the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had

taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was

before the porch of the LORD.

15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with

them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to

him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God

was with him.

15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third

month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which

they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their

fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13 That

whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to

death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with

shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all

their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found

of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he

removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove:

and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook

Kidron.

15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:

nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father

had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold,

and vessels.

15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of

the reign of Asa.

16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of

Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he

might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the

house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king

of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a league

between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father:

behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with

Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of

his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,

and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off

building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the

stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was

building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and

said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not

relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria

escaped out of thine hand.

16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very

many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD,

he delivered them into thine hand.

16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole

earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is

perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from

henceforth thou shalt have wars.

16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house;

for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed

some of the people the same time.

16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are

written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased

in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease

he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth

year of his reign.

16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for

himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled

with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the

apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened

himself against Israel.

17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set

garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which

Asa his father had taken.

17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first

ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 17:4 But sought

to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not

after the doings of Israel.

17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all

Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in

abundance.

17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he

took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even

to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to

Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and

Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah,

and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and

Jehoram, priests.

17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD

with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and

taught the people.

17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands

that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against

Jehoshaphat.

17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and

tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand

and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.

17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah

castles, and cities of store.

17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of

war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of

their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief,

and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two

hundred and fourscore thousand.

17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly

offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand

mighty men of valour.

17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him

armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and

fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the

fenced cities throughout all Judah.

18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined

affinity with Ahab.

18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab

killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he

had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt

thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou

art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray

thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four

hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to

battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver

it into the king's hand.

18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD

besides, that we might enquire of him? 18:7 And the king of Israel

said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of

the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but

always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat

said, Let not the king say so.

18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said,

Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either

of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void

place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets

prophesied before them.

18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron,

and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until

they be consumed.

18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to

Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand

of the king.

18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,

saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king

with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of

their's, and speak thou good.

18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith,

that will I speak.

18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,

Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?

And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into

your hand.

18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee

that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains,

as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no

master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee

that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18:18 Again he

said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon

his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and

on his left.

18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he

may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this

manner, and another saying after that manner.

18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and

said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 18:21

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all

his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt

also prevail: go out, and do even so.

18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the

mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against

thee.

18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah

upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from

me to speak unto thee? 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see

on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him

back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and

feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until

I return in peace.

18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath

not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up

to Ramothgilead.

18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the

king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots

that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save

only with the king of Israel.

18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw

Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they

compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD

helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots

perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again

from pursuing him.

18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of

Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his

chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the

host; for I am wounded.

18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel

stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even:

and about the time of the sun going down he died.

19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace

to Jerusalem.

19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and

said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love

them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the

LORD.

19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou

hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine

heart to seek God.

19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through

the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto

the LORD God of their fathers.

19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of

Judah, city by city, 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye

do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the

judgment.

19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and

do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of

persons, nor taking of gifts.

19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of

the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the

judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to

Jerusalem.

19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the

LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that

dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and

commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they

trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon

your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters

of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house

of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be

officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the

good.

20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and

the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came

against Jehoshaphat to battle.

20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh

a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria;

and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and

proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD:

even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,

in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 20:6 And said, O LORD

God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou

over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not

power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 20:7 Art not

thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before

thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for

ever? 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary

therein for thy name, saying, 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as

the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this

house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry

unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir,

whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the

land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy

possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might

against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we

what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones,

their wives, and their children.

20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the

son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,

came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 20:15

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,

and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid

nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not

yours, but God's.

20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the

cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before

the wilderness of Jeruel.

20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand

ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and

Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:

for the LORD will be with you.

20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and

all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,

worshipping the LORD.

20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the

children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel

with a loud voice on high.

20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the

wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and

said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in

the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets,

so shall ye prosper.

20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers

unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they

went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy

endureth for ever.

20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set

ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which

were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the

inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when

they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to

destroy another.

20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,

they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies

fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil

of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead

bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves,

more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering

of the spoil, it was so much.

20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of

Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the

same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and

Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with

joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and

trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,

when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of

Israel.

20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest

round about.

20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years

old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in

Jerusalem.

And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not

from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the

people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,

they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is

mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with

Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 20:36 And he joined

himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the

ships in Eziongaber.

20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against

Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,

the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they

were not able to go to Tarshish.

21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his

stead.

21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,

and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these

were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold,

and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom

gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he

strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and

divers also of the princes of Israel.

21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the

house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought

that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of

the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a

light to him and to his sons for ever.

21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of

Judah, and made themselves a king.

21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots

with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which

compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this

day.

The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he

had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and

caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and

compelled Judah thereto.

21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,

Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not

walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa

king of Judah, 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of

Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a

whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast

slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than

thyself: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy

people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 21:15 And

thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy

bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the

Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 21:17

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all

the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also,

and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,

the youngest of his sons.

21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an

incurable disease.

21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of

two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died

of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the

burning of his fathers.

21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he

reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired.

Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the

sepulchres of the kings.

22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son

king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to

the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king

of Judah reigned.

22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and

he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah

the daughter of Omri.

22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother

was his counsellor to do wickedly.

22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of

Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to

his destruction.

22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son

of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at

Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds

which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of

Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see

Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for

when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of

Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon

the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the

brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in

Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they

buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who

sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no

power to keep still the kingdom.

22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was

dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of

Judah.

22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son

of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain,

and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the

daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she

was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew

him not.

22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and

Athaliah reigned over the land.

23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took

the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the

son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of

Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all

the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they

came to Jerusalem.

23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the

house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall

reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering

on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of

the doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a

third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be

in the courts of the house of the LORD.

23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests,

and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are

holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man

with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the

house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he

cometh in, and when he goeth out.

23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that

Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that

were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the

sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of

hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king

David's, which were in the house of God.

23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his

hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the

temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the

crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and

his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and

praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the

entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the

people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the

singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise.

Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds

that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the

ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For

the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering

of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the

people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.

23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it

down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan

the priest of Baal before the altars.

23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by

the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the

house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is

written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it

was ordained by David.

23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD,

that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the

governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought

down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the

high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of

the kingdom.

23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet,

after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of

Beersheba.

24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all

the days of Jehoiada the priest.

24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and

daughters.

24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair

the house of the LORD.

24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to

them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money

to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye

hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him,

Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and

out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses

the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the

tabernacle of witness? 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked

woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated

things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it

without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to

bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid

upon Israel in the wilderness.

24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in,

and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought

unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw

that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's

officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his

place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in

abundance.

24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the

service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to

repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass

to mend the house of the LORD.

24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and

they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the

money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the

house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and

spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt

offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of

Jehoiada.

24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an

hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings,

because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his

house.

24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and

made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and

served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for

this their trespass.

24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD;

and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada

the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus

saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye

cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also

forsaken you.

24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at

the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada

his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he

said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of

Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and

destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and

sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,

and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they

had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment

against Joash.

24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in

great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood

of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he

died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him

not in the sepulchres of the kings.

24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of

Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid

upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are

written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son

reigned in his stead.

25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name

was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not

with a perfect heart.

25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him,

that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the

law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The

fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die

for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains

over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of

their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them

from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand

choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and

shield.

25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of

Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the

army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit,

with all the children of Ephraim.

25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall

make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to

cast down.

25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the

hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man

of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.

25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to

him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was

greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and

went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten

thousand.

25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah

carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and

cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in

pieces.

25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they

should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from

Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and

took much spoil.

25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the

slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of

Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before

them, and burned incense unto them.

25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and

he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought

after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people

out of thine hand? 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him,

that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel?

forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and

said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou

hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the

son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us

see one another in the face.

25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,

The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,

saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a

wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart

lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle

to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with

thee? 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he

might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought

after the gods of Edom.

25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in

the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which

belongeth to Judah.

25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled

every man to his tent.

25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son

of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to

Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of

Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels

that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures

of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death

of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are

they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27

Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD

they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to

Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.

25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his

fathers in the city of Judah.

26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years

old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king

slept with his fathers.

26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he

reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was

Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father Amaziah did.

26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding

in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him

to prosper.

26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake

down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,

and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the

Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread

abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself

exceedingly.

26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and

at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified

them.

26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for

he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:

husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel:

for he loved husbandry.

26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to

war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of

Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah,

one of the king's captains.

26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men

of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and

seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to

help the king against the enemy.

26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields,

and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast

stones.

26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be

on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones

withal.

And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till

he was strong.

26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his

destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went

into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore

priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 26:18 And they withstood

Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee,

Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of

Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary;

for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from

the LORD God.

26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn

incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even

rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD,

from beside the incense altar.

26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon

him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him

out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD

had smitten him.

26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and

dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the

house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house,

judging the people of the land.

26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah

the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his

fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for

they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was

Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not

into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall

of Ophel he built much.

27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the

forests he built castles and towers.

27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed

against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an

hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten

thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him,

both the second year, and the third.

27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the

LORD his God.

27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his

ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and

Judah.

27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and

reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the

city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the

sight of the LORD, like David his father: 28:2 For he walked in the

ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and

burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen

whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on

the hills, and under every green tree.

28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the

king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude

of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also

delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a

great slaughter.

28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty

thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had

forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's

son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next

to the king.

28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren

two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away

much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he

went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them,

Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he

hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage

that reacheth up unto heaven.

28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and

Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with

you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 28:11 Now hear me

therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive

of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah

the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah

the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them

that came from the war, 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring

in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD

already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for

our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the

princes and all the congregation.

28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the

captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them,

and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink,

and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and

brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren:

then they returned to Samaria.

28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to

help him.

28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried

away captives.

28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country,

and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and

Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the

villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt

there.

28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;

for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and

distressed him, but strengthened him not.

28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and

out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the

king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against

the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him:

and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them,

therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they

were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and

cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors

of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of

Jerusalem.

28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn

incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his

fathers.

28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last,

behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the

city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres

of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old,

and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's

name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that David his father had done.

29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the

doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them

together into the east street, 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye

Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD

God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy

place.

29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in

the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned

away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their

backs.

29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the

lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the

holy place unto the God of Israel.

29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and

he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as

ye see with your eyes.

29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and

our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of

Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to

stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him,

and burn incense.

29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the

son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of

Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of

the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons

of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14 And of the sons of Heman;

Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and

came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the

LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the

LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they

found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the

LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook

Kidron.

29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify,

and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD:

so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the

sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have

cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering,

with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the

vessels thereof.

29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast

away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and,

behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of

the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven

lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for

the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of

Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood,

and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the

rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the

lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before

the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with

their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for

the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should

be made for all Israel.

29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,

with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of

David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was

the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the

priests with the trumpets.

29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the

altar.

And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also

with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of

Israel.

29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and

the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt

offering was finished.

29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that

were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites

to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the

seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads

and worshipped.

29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated

yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank

offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in

sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart

burnt offerings.

29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation

brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two

hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three

thousand sheep.

29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all

the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help

them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had

sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to

sanctify themselves than the priests.

29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of

the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering.

So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared

the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also

to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the

LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the

congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had

not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people

gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all

Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the

passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not

done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes

throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of

the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God

of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of

you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which

trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave

them up to desolation, as ye see.

30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield

yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath

sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness

of his wrath may turn away from you.

30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your

children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so

that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is

gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye

return unto him.

30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of

Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to

scorn, and mocked them.

30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled

themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do

the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the

LORD.

30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast

of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem,

and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the

brook Kidron.

30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the

second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and

sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the

house of the LORD.

30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to

the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood,

which they received of the hand of the Levites.

30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not

sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the

passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the

LORD.

30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and

Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did

they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah

prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 30:19 That

prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though

he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept

the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the

Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud

instruments unto the LORD.

30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught

the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast

seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the

LORD God of their fathers.

30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:

and they kept other seven days with gladness.

30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a

thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to

the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a

great number of priests sanctified themselves.

30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the

Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the

strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in

Judah, rejoiced.

30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of

Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in

Jerusalem.

30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and

their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling

place, even unto heaven.

31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went

out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut

down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of

all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had

utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned,

every man to his possession, into their own cities.

31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites

after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests

and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,

and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the

LORD.

31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the

burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings,

and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and

for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give

the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be

encouraged in the law of the LORD.

31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of

Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil,

and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all

things brought they in abundantly.

31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in

the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep,

and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD

their God, and laid them by heaps.

31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,

and finished them in the seventh month.

31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they

blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites

concerning the heaps.

31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,

and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house

of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the

LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great

store.

31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the

LORD; and they prepared them, 31:12 And brought in the offerings and

the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah

the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,

and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were

overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the

commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house

of God.

31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the

east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the

oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,

Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set

office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as

to the small: 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years

old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of

the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges

according to their courses; 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests

by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old

and upward, in their charges by their courses; 31:18 And to the

genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and

their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office

they sanctified themselves in holiness: 31:19 Also of the sons of

Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their

cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to

give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were

reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that

which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of

God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did

it with all his heart, and prospered.

32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib

king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the

fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was

purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3 He took counsel with his

princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which

were without the city: and they did help him.

32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the

fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land,

saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was

broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and

repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in

abundance.

32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them

together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake

comfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not

afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude

that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 32:8 With

him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,

and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the

words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to

Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his

power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that

were at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of

Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by

famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of

the hand of the king of Assyria? 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah

taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and

Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense

upon it? 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all

the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands

any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? 32:14 Who was

there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly

destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your

God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? 32:15 Now

therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this

manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom

was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand

of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine

hand? 32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and

against his servant Hezekiah.

32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to

speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands

have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God

of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the

people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to

trouble them; that they might take the city.

32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods

of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the

son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of

valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of

Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when

he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own

bowels slew him there with the sword.

32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of

all other, and guided them on every side.

32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents

to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of

all nations from thenceforth.

32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto

the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done

unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon

him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his

heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of

the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made

himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones,

and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant

jewels; 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and

oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and

herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,

and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.

And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of

Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in

the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in

his heart.

32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,

they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,

and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the

chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the

inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his

son reigned in his stead.

33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 33:2 But did that which was

evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the

heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had

broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and

worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD

had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts

of the house of the LORD.

33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley

of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments,

and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with

wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him

to anger.

33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the

house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son,

In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the

tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 33:8 Neither will I any

more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have

appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that

I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and

the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,

and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before

the children of Israel.

33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they

would not hearken.

33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of

the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound

him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and

humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 And

prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his

supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.

Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the

west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish

gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height,

and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house

of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the

house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon

peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the

LORD God of Israel.

33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places,

yet unto the LORD their God only.

33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his

God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the

LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings

of Israel.

33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his

sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places,

and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,

they are written among the sayings of the seers.

33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his

own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and

reigned two years in Jerusalem.

33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did

Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images

which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 33:23 And humbled

not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled

himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own

house.

33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired

against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king

in his stead.

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and

walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the

right hand, nor to the left.

34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he

began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth

year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and

the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the

images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and

the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made

dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had

sacrificed unto them.

34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and

cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,

even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had

beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols

throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the

land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah

the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to

repair the house of the LORD his God.

34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the

money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that

kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and

of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they

returned to Jerusalem.

34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the

oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen

that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn

stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the

kings of Judah had destroyed.

34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them

were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and

Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it

forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments

of musick.

34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers

of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the

Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the

house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the

LORD given by Moses.

34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have

found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah

delivered the book to Shaphan.

34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king

word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they

do it.

34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the

house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the

overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the

priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the

law, that he rent his clothes.

34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,

and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a

servant of the king's, saying, 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me,

and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the

words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD

that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word

of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to

Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son

of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the

college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell

ye the man that sent you to me, 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I

will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof,

even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read

before the king of Judah: 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and

have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to

anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be

poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the

LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel

concerning the words which thou hast heard; 34:27 Because thine heart

was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou

heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants

thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes,

and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be

gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the

evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of

the same. So they brought the king word again.

34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah

and Jerusalem.

34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men

of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the

Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their

ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the

house of the LORD.

34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the

LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his

testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his

soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this

book.

34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to

stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the

covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the

countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that

were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And

all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of

their fathers.

35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and

they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to

the service of the house of the LORD, 35:3 And said unto the Levites

that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy

ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did

build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the

LORD your God, and his people Israel, 35:4 And prepare yourselves by

the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the

writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of

Solomon his son.

35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the

families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the

division of the families of the Levites.

35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your

brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the

hand of Moses.

35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all

for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number

of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the

king's substance.

35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests,

and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the

house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two

thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.

35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and

Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the

Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five

hundred oxen.

35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their

place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's

commandment.

35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the

blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give

according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer

unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they

with the oxen.

35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the

ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in

caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.

35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the

priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering

of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites

prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according

to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the

king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not

depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for

them.

35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to

keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the

LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover

at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the

days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep

such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and

all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of

Jerusalem.

35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover

kept.

35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king

of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah

went out against him.

35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with

thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but

against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make

haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he

destroy thee not.

35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but

disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not

unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in

the valley of Megiddo.

35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his

servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him

in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,

and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers.

And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and

the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day,

and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in

the lamentations.

35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according

to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 35:27 And his deeds,

first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of

Israel and Judah.

36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and

made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned

the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah

and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took

Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was

evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him

in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the

LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which

he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in

the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son

reigned in his stead.

36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which

was evil in the sight of the LORD.

36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and

brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the

LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,

and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God,

and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the

mouth of the LORD.

36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made

him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart

from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people,

transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and

polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his

messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion

on his people, and on his dwelling place: 36:16 But they mocked the

messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets,

until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was

no remedy.

36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who

slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary,

and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that

stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and

the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king,

and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of

Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed

all the goodly vessels thereof.

36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to

Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign

of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the

mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as

long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and

ten years.

36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of

the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the

LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a

proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,

saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the

earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to

build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among

you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

Ezra

1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of

the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred

up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation

throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me

all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an

house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and

let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of

the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the

men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods,

and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God

that is in Jerusalem.

1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and

the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had

raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with

vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with

precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the

LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had

put them in the house of his gods; 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of

Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and

numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a

thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10 Thirty

basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten,

and other vessels a thousand.

1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four

hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity

that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the

captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar

the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto

Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2:2 Which came with

Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan,

Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of

Israel: 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy

and two.

2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,

two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.

2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.

2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.

2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven

hundred and forty and three.

2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.

2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and

four.

2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and

five.

2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and

thirty.

2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,

nine hundred seventy and three.

2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children

of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the

children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the

children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty

and nine.

2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the

children of Tabbaoth, 2:44 The children of Keros, the children of

Siaha, the children of Padon, 2:45 The children of Lebanah, the

children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 The children of

Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 The

children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of

Gazzam, 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the

children of Besai, 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children of

Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, the

children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52 The children of

Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53 The

children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,

2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the

children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 The children of

Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 The

children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of

Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.

2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were

three hundred ninety and two.

2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,

Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's

house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 The children

of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six

hundred fifty and two.

2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the

children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the

daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted,

put from the priesthood.

2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the

most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with

Thummim.

2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three

hundred and threescore, 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of

whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and

there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two

hundred forty and five; 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and

five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house

of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God

to set it up in his place: 2:69 They gave after their ability unto the

treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and

five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the

singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,

and all Israel in their cities.

3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel

were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man

to Jerusalem.

3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the

priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and

builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings

thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them

because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt

offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and

evening.

3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and

offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom,

as the duty of every day required; 3:5 And afterward offered the

continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set

feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that

willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt

offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD

was not yet laid.

3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and

meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to

bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the

grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at

Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,

and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the

priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the

captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years

old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his

sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the

house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren

the Levites.

3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the

LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the

Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the

ordinance of David king of Israel.

3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks

unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever

toward Israel.

And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the

LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who

were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation

of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and

many shouted aloud for joy: 3:13 So that the people could not discern

the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the

people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was

heard afar off.

4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the

children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of

Israel; 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the

fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your

God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of

Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the

fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to

build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto

the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath

commanded us.

4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of

Judah, and troubled them in building, 4:5 And hired counsellors

against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king

of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,

wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and

Jerusalem.

4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel,

and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and

the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and

interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter

against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 4:9 Then wrote

Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their

companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the

Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the

Dehavites, and the Elamites, 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the

great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of

Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a

time.

4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto

Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and

at such a time.

4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee

to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad

city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and

the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and

custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it

was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we

sent and certified the king; 4:15 That search may be made in the book

of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the

records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful

unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the

same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the

walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this

side the river.

4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to

Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in

Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a

time.

4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before

me.

4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that

this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that

rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have

ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and

custom, was paid unto them.

4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that

this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given

from me.

4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow

to the hurt of the kings? 4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes'

letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their

companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made

them to cease by force and power.

4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.

So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of

Persia.

5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of

Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the

name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son

of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem:

and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the

river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto

them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this

wall? 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the

names of the men that make this building? 5:5 But the eye of their

God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to

cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer

by letter concerning this matter.

5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the

river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which

were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 5:7 They sent

a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all

peace.

5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of

Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great

stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on,

and prospereth in their hands.

5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded

you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 5:10 We asked

their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of

the men that were the chief of them.

5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of

the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded

these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto

wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of

Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the

people away into Babylon.

5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king

Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God,

which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and

brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take

out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose

name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 5:15 And said unto

him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in

Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the

house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now

hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search

made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether

it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house

of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us

concerning this matter.

6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the

house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the

province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a

decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be

builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the

foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore

cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4 With three rows

of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be

given out of the king's house: 6:5 And also let the golden and silver

vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of

the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be

restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem,

every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.

6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai,

and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be

ye far from thence: 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let

the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house

of God in his place.

6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these

Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods,

even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto

these men, that they be not hindered.

6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,

and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt,

wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are

at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 6:10 That

they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and

pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word,

let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be

hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all

kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy

this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree;

let it be done with speed.

6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and

their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so

they did speedily.

6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through

the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.

And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the

God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius,

and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,

which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the

rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this

house of God with joy.

6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred

bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering

for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes

of Israel.

6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in

their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is

written in the book of Moses.

6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the

fourteenth day of the first month.

6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of

them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the

captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of

captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the

filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel,

did eat, 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with

joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the

king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of

the house of God, the God of Israel.

7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,

Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7:2

The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 The son

of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 The son of

Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 The son of Abishua,

the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief

priest: 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe

in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the

king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD

his God upon him.

7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the

priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the

Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the

seventh year of the king.

7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from

Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem,

according to the good hand of his God upon him.

7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and

to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave

unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the

commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the

law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of

his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own

freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven

counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to

the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 7:15 And to carry the

silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely

offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province

of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the

priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in

Jerusalem: 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money

bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink

offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God

which is in Jerusalem.

7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to

do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of

your God.

7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house

of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,

which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's

treasure house.

7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the

treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the

priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of

you, it be done speedily, 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and

to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and

to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be

diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should

there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 7:24 Also

we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers,

porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be

lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine

hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that

are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach

ye them that know them not.

7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the

king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto

death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to

imprisonment.

7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a

thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD

which is in Jerusalem: 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the

king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.

And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and

I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the

genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of

Artaxerxes the king.

8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel:

of the sons of David; Hattush.

8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and

with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with

him two hundred males.

8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three

hundred males.

8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him

fifty males.

8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with

him seventy males.

8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and

with him fourscore males.

8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two

hundred and eighteen males.

8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him

an hundred and threescore males.

8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with

him twenty and eight males.

8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with

him an hundred and ten males.

8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,

Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them

seventy males.

8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;

and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and

the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for

Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for

Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for

Elnathan, men of understanding.

8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place

Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his

brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring

unto us ministers for the house of our God.

8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of

understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of

Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his

brethren and their sons, twenty; 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whom

David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites,

two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we

might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for

us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and

horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had

spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for

good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them

that forsake him.

8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated

of us.

8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,

Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 8:25 And weighed unto

them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of

the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his

lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 8:26 I even weighed

unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver

vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 8:27 Also

twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine

copper, precious as gold.

8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are

holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto

the LORD God of your fathers.

8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of

the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at

Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and

the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house

of our God.

8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of

the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was

upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such

as lay in wait by the way.

8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels

weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of

Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and

with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of

Binnui, Levites; 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and all

the weight was written at that time.

8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were

come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of

Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy

and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a

burnt offering unto the LORD.

8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's

lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they

furthered the people, and the house of God.

9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying,

The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not

separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to

their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the

Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians,

and the Amorites.

9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for

their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the

people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath

been chief in this trespass.

9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and

plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down

astonied.

9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words

of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had

been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and

having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread

out my hands unto the LORD my God, 9:6 And said, O my God, I am

ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our

iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up

unto the heavens.

9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass

unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our

priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to

the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as

it is this day.

9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD

our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his

holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little

reviving in our bondage.

9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our

bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of

Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to

repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in

Jerusalem.

9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have

forsaken thy commandments, 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy

servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess

it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands,

with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another

with their uncleanness.

9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither

take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their

wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land,

and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for

our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less

than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as

this; 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in

affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be

angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no

remnant nor escaping? 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous:

for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before

thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of

this.

10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and

casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him

out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children:

for the people wept very sore.

10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,

answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and

have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is

hope in Israel concerning this thing.

10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all

the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of

my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and

let it be done according to the law.

10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with

thee: be of good courage, and do it.

10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all

Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they

sware.

10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the

chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he

did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the

transgression of them that had been carried away.

10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto

all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves

together unto Jerusalem; 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within

three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders,

all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the

congregation of those that had been carried away.

10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves

together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on

the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street

of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the

great rain.

10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have

transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass

of Israel.

10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers,

and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the

land, and from the strange wives.

10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,

As thou hast said, so must we do.

10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we

are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or

two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all

them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed

times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof,

until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah

were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the

Levite helped them.

10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,

with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers,

and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the

first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange

wives by the first day of the first month.

10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had

taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak,

and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives;

and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,

and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,

Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same

is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and

Telem, and Uri.

10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah,

and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and

Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and

Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and

Athlai.

10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,

and Sheal, and Ramoth.

10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,

Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,

Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,

Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah,

Bedeiah, Chelluh, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah,

Mattenai, and Jaasau, 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 And

Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and

Joseph.

10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau,

and Joel, Benaiah.

10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by

whom they had children.

The Book of Nehemiah

1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass

in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the

palace, 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men

of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which

were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity

there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall

of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned

with fire.

1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and

wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God

of heaven, 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the

great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that

love him and observe his commandments: 1:6 Let thine ear now be

attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of

thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the

children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children

of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's

house have sinned.

1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the

commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou

commandedst thy servant Moses.

1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy

servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad

among the nations: 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my

commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the

uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and

will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name

there.

1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast

redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the

prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire

to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and

grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's

cupbearer.

2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of

Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine,

and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his

presence.

2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,

seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.

Then I was very sore afraid, 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king

live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city,

the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates

thereof are consumed with fire? 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For

what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy

servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me

unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build

it.

2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For

how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it

pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters

be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me

over till I come into Judah; 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of

the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the

gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall

of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king

granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the

king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and

horsemen with me.

2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the

Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come

a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither

told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:

neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before

the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of

Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed

with fire.

2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's

pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall,

and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so

returned.

2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither

had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the

nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how

Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire:

come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a

reproach.

2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as

also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let

us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good

work.

2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the

Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn,

and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye

rebel against the king? 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto

them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants

will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial,

in Jerusalem.

3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the

priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set

up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it,

unto the tower of Hananeel.

3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them

builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid

the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,

and the bars thereof.

3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of

Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the

son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of

Baana.

3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not

their necks to the work of their LORD.

3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and

Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set

up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the

Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the

governor on this side the river.

3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the

goldsmiths.

Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the

apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of

the half part of Jerusalem.

3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even

over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of

Hashabniah.

3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,

repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler

of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;

they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and

the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung

gate.

3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler

of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof,

the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of

Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it,

and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,

and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the

stairs that go down from the city of David.

3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the

half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of

David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the

mighty.

3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto

him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his

part.

3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the

ruler of the half part of Keilah.

3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of

Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the

turning of the wall.

3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other

piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of

Eliashib the high priest.

3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz

another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end

of the house of Eliashib.

3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.

After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by

his house.

3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from

the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the

corner.

3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and

the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the

court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over

against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the

great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over

against his house.

3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his

house.

After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of

the east gate.

3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the

sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the

son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of

the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad,

and to the going up of the corner.

3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate

repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the

wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and

said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will

they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the

stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 4:3 Now

Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they

build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon

their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 4:5

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out

from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the

builders.

4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto

the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the

Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls

of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped,

then they were very wroth, 4:8 And conspired all of them together to

come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch

against them day and night, because of them.

4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is

decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build

the wall.

4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till

we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to

cease.

4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,

they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return

unto us they will be upon you.

4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the

higher places, I even set the people after their families with their

swords, their spears, and their bows.

4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the

rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:

remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your

brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known

unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned

all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my

servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the

spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers

were behind all the house of Judah.

4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with

those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work,

and with the other hand held a weapon.

4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and

so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of

the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the

wall, one far from another.

4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort

ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from

the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one

with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be

a guard to us, and labour on the day.

4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of

the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving

that every one put them off for washing.

5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against

their brethren the Jews.

5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are

many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,

vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's

tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as

their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our

daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto

bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other

men have our lands and vineyards.

5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the

rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother.

And I set a great assembly against them.

5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our

brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even

sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they

their peace, and found nothing to answer.

5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in

the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our

enemies? 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might

exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their

vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part

of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of

them.

5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of

them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and

took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from

his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even

thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said,

Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this

promise.

5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor

in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and

thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my

brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable

unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty

shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:

but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we

any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews

and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that

are about us.

5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six

choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days

store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread

of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have

done for this people.

6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the

Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the

wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time

I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 6:2 That Sanballat and

Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of

the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,

so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave

it, and come down to you? 6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after

this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth

time with an open letter in his hand; 6:6 Wherein was written, It is

reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the

Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou

mayest be their king, according to these words.

6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at

Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be

reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and

let us take counsel together.

6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as

thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened

from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen

my hands.

6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah

the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet

together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the

doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the

night will they come to slay thee.

6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,

being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not

go in.

6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he

pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had

hired him.

6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and

sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they

might reproach me.

6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these

their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the

prophets, that would have put me in fear.

6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month

Elul, in fifty and two days.

6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and

all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much

cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was

wrought of our God.

6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto

Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the

son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had

taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words

to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the

doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the

palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared

God above many.

7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened

until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the

doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against

his house.

7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,

and the houses were not builded.

7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and

the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy.

And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the

first, and found written therein, 7:6 These are the children of the

province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been

carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried

away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his

city; 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,

Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,

Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was

this; 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and

two.

7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,

two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and

eight.

7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.

7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred

forty and three.

7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and

four.

7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and

one.

7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,

nine hundred seventy and three.

7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the

children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the

children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the

children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,

the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 The children of Keros, the children of

Sia, the children of Padon, 7:48 The children of Lebana, the children

of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 7:49 The children of Hanan, the

children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50 The children of

Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 7:51 The

children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,

7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of

Nephishesim, 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the

children of Harhur, 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of

Mehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 The children of Barkos, the

children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 7:56 The children of

Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the

children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 7:58 The children of

Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 7:59 The

children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of

Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were

three hundred ninety and two.

7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,

Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's

house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,

the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of

Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put

from the priesthood.

7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the

most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three

hundred and threescore, 7:67 Beside their manservants and their

maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty

and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and

singing women.

7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two

hundred forty and five: 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and

five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The

Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons,

five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the

work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred

pound of silver.

7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand

drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and

seven priests' garments.

7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the

singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel,

dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children

of Israel were in their cities.

8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into

the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra

the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had

commanded to Israel.

8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both

of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the

first day of the seventh month.

8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water

gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and

those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were

attentive unto the book of the law.

8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had

made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and

Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and

on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and

Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he

was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood

up: 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people

answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed

their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,

Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the

Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood

in their place.

8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave

the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the

scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the

people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.

For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the

sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for

this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of

the LORD is your strength.

8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace,

for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to

send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood

the words that were declared unto them.

8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the

fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the

scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by

Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast

of the seventh month: 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim

in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the

mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle

branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make

booths, as it is written.

8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves

booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and

in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water

gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the

captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of

Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel

done so. And there was very great gladness.

8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in

the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on

the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of

Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth

upon them.

9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,

and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their

fathers.

9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law

of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth

part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,

Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried

with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,

Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless

the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name,

which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven

of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are

therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them

all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest

him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of

Abraham; 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a

covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites,

the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the

Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy

words; for thou art righteous: 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our

fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9:10 And

shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and

on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt

proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this

day.

9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went

through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors

thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in

the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein

they should go.

9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them

from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good

statutes and commandments: 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy

sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the

hand of Moses thy servant: 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for

their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for

their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess

the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,

and hearkened not to thy commandments, 9:17 And refused to obey,

neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but

hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to

return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious

and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest

them not.

9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy

God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great

provocations; 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them

not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them

by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night,

to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and

withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for

their thirst.

9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so

that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet

swelled not.

9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide

them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land

of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and

broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to

their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou

subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and

gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the

land, that they might do with them as they would.

9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses

full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit

trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat,

and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee,

and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which

testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great

provocations.

9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,

who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto

thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold

mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of

their enemies.

9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee:

therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they

had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto

thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou

deliver them according to thy mercies; 9:29 And testifiedst against

them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt

proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against

thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and

withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against

them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:

therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly

consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful

God.

9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible

God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem

little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our

princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers,

and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto

this day.

9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou

hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 9:34 Neither have our

kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor

hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou

didst testify against them.

9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great

goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which

thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou

gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof,

behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto

the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they

have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure,

and we are in great distress.

9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;

and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of

Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur,

Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim,

Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam,

Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the

priests.

10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the

sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,

Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater,

Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth,

Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok,

Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the

porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated

themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their

wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge,

and having understanding; 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their

nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's

law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and

do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and

his statutes; 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the

people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: 10:31 And

if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath

day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on

the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the

exaction of every debt.

10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with

the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for

the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for

the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to

make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our

God.

10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the

people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God,

after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to

burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits

of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is

written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks,

to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in

the house of our God: 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits

of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees,

of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of

our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same

Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when

the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of

the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the

treasure house.

10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring

the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the

chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that

minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake

the house of our God.

11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the

people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the

holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered

themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:

but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their

cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the

Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of

the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of

Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of

Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 11:5 And

Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah,

the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son

of Shiloni.

11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred

threescore and eight valiant men.

11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,

the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of

Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son

of Senuah was second over the city.

11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.

11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of

Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the

house of God.

11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight

hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of

Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur,

the son of Malchiah.

11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and

two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of

Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men

of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was

Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of

Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethai

and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the

outward business of the house of God.

11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of

Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and

Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua,

the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and

four.

11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that

kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were

in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over

the Nethinims.

11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son

of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha.

Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house

of God.

11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a

certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah

the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the

people.

11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of

Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon,

and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages

thereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, 11:27

And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,

11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah,

Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at

Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba

unto the valley of Hinnom.

11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and

Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.

11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of

craftsmen.

11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with

Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4

Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah,

and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were

the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,

and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them

in the watches.

12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and

Eliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan

begat Jaddua.

12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the

fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra,

Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of

Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 Of

Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of

Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,

Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 Of

Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of

Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and

Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the

reign of Darius the Persian.

12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the

book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of

Eliashib.

12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua

the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise

and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of

God, ward over against ward.

12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,

were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of

Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the

priest, the scribe.

12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the

Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep

the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with

singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both

out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages

of Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the

fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages

round about Jerusalem.

12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and

purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and

appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one

went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 12:32 And

after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 12:33 And

Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah,

and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets;

namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of

Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,

Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David

the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went

up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,

above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against

them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from

beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 12:39 And

from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the

fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto

the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house

of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 12:41 And the

priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,

and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and

Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.

And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for

God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the

children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar

off.

12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the

treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes,

to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of

the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the

priests and for the Levites that waited.

12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God,

and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of

David, and of Solomon his son.

12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of

the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of

Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day

his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the

Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the

people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the

Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 13:2

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water,

but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our

God turned the curse into a blessing.

13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they

separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the

chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 13:5 And he

had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the

meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of

the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given

to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of

the priests.

13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and

thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and

after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 13:7 And I came to

Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in

preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household

stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither

brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat

offering and the frankincense.

13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been

given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were

fled every one to his field.

13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of

God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their

place.

13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine

and the oil unto the treasuries.

13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,

and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them

was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were

counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their

brethren.

13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good

deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices

thereof.

13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the

sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine,

grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into

Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day

wherein they sold victuals.

13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and

all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of

Judah, and in Jerusalem.

13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,

What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this

evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel

by profaning the sabbath.

13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to

be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut,

and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and

some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be

brought in on the sabbath day.

13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without

Jerusalem once or twice.

13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye

about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that

time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,

and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath

day.

Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to

the greatness of thy mercy.

13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod,

of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their children spake half in the

speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but

according to the language of each people.

13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of

them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,

Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their

daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among

many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God,

and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did

outlandish women cause to sin.

13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to

transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? 13:28 And one

of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in

law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the

priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards

of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 13:31 And

for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.

Remember me, O my God, for good.

The Book of Esther

1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus

which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and

seven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the king

Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the

palace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all

his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the

nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 1:4 When he

shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his

excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all

the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great

and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's

palace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with

cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble:

the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue,

and white, and black, marble.

1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being

diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to

the state of the king.

1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so

the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they

should do according to every man's pleasure.

1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal

house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with

wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,

Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence

of Ahasuerus the king, 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king

with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty:

for she was fair to look on.

1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by

his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger

burned in him.

1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so

was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 And

the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres,

Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw

the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 1:15 What

shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath

not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the

chamberlains? 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the

princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but

also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the

provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so

that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be

reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought

in before him, but she came not.

1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto

all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen.

Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,

and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,

that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king

Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is

better than she.

1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published

throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give

to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did

according to the word of Memucan: 1:22 For he sent letters into all

the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing

thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man

should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published

according to the language of every people.

2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased,

he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed

against her.

2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there

be fair young virgins sought for the king: 2:3 And let the king

appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may

gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to

the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's

chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for

purification be given them: 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the

king be queen instead of Vashti.

And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was

Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a

Benjamite; 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the

captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,

whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter:

for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and

beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took

for his own daughter.

2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was

heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the

palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the

king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and

he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as

belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her,

out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the

best place of the house of the women.

2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai

had charged her that she should not shew it.

2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's

house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus,

after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the

women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to

wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours,

and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 2:13 Then thus

came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her

to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the

second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's

chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no

more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by

name.

2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of

Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto

the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain,

the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the

sight of all them that looked upon her.

2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in

the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his

reign.

2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained

grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he

set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of

Vashti.

2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his

servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces,

and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then

Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai

had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as

when she was brought up with him.

2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the

king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door,

were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the

queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;

therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the

book of the chronicles before the king.

3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of

Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all

the princes that were with him.

3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,

and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him.

But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto

Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? 3:4 Now it

came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not

unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters

would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,

then was Haman full of wrath.

3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had

shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy

all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even

the people of Mordecai.

3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year

of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from

day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is,

the month Adar.

3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people

scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces

of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither

keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit

to suffer them.

3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be

destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands

of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the

king's treasuries.

3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman

the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the

people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the

first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had

commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were

over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every

province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after

their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and

sealed with the king's ring.

3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces,

to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and

old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth

day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the

spoil of them for a prey.

3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every

province was published unto all people, that they should be ready

against that day.

3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and

the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat

down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his

clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst

of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 4:2 And came even

before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate

clothed with sackcloth.

4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and

his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting,

and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then

was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe

Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it

not.

4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains,

whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment

to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,

which was before the king's gate.

4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of

the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's

treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was

given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to

declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the

king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him

for her people.

4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto

Mordecai; 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's

provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come

unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one

law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall

hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been

called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself

that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall

there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another

place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who

knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 4:16 Go,

gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye

for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and

my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king,

which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther

had commanded him.

5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal

apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over

against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in

the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the

court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to

Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near,

and touched the top of the sceptre.

5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and

what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the

kingdom.

5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king

and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as

Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that

Esther had prepared.

5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy

petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even

to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 5:8

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the

king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and

Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do

to morrow as the king hath said.

5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but

when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor

moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he

sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude

of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him,

and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the

king.

5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in

with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and

to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the

Jew sitting at the king's gate.

5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a

gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto

the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily

with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he

caused the gallows to be made.

6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring

the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the

king.

6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and

Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who

sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to

Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto

him, There is nothing done for him.

6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into

the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang

Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in

the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done

unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in

his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to

myself? 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king

delighteth to honour, 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the

king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the

crown royal which is set upon his head: 6:9 And let this apparel and

horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble

princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth

to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city,

and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the

king delighteth to honour.

6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and

the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that

sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast

spoken.

6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai,

and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and

proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the

king delighteth to honour.

6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to

his house mourning, and having his head covered.

6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing

that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto

him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast

begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely

fall before him.

6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's

chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther

had prepared.

7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the

banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be

granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even

to the half of the kingdom.

7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in

thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me

at my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, I

and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we

had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,

although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen,

Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.

Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went

into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his

life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined

against him by the king.

7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of

the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther

was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the

house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's

face.

7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,

Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for

Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of

Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for

Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the

Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king;

for Esther had told what he was unto her.

8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and

gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of

Haman.

8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his

feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman

the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther

arose, and stood before the king, 8:5 And said, If it please the king,

and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the

king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the

letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he

wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: 8:6

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?

or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? 8:7 Then

the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew,

Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have

hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name,

and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in

the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third

month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day

thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded

unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of

the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty

and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing

thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews

according to their writing, and according to their language.

8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the

king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on

mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 8:11 Wherein the king granted

the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and

to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish,

all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both

little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 8:12

Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the

thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every

province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be

ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being

hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was

given at Shushan the palace.

8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal

apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a

garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and

was glad.

8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the

king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness,

a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became

Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the

thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree

drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the

Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the

contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 9:2 The

Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the

provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their

hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon

all people.

9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the

deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear

of Mordecai fell upon them.

9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out

throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and

greater.

9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the

sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto

those that hated them.

9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred

men.

9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 9:8 And Poratha, and

Adalia, and Aridatha, 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and

Vajezatha, 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy

of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the

palace was brought before the king.

9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and

destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of

Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now

what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy

request further? and it shall be done.

9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the

Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this

day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given

at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on

the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men

at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered

themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from

their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but

they laid not their hands on the prey, 9:17 On the thirteenth day of

the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and

made it a day of feasting and gladness.

9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the

thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the

fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting

and gladness.

9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled

towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and

feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the

Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh

and far, 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the

fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same,

yearly, 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,

and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from

mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting

and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the

poor.

9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai

had written unto them; 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the

Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to

destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and

to destroy them; 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he

commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against

the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons

should be hanged on the gallows.

9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.

Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had

seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 9:27 The

Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all

such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that

they would keep these two days according to their writing, and

according to their appointed time every year; 9:28 And that these days

should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every

family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim

should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish

from their seed.

9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the

Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty

and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace

and truth, 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times

appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had

enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their

seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it

was written in the book.

10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the

isles of the sea.

10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the

declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced

him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings

of Media and Persia? 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king

Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of

his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to

all his seed.

The Book of Job

1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that

man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand

camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and

a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the

men of the east.

1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day;

and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with

them.

1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,

that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning,

and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for

Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their

hearts. Thus did Job continually.

1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present

themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan

answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and

from walking up and down in it.

1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,

that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright

man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 1:9 Then Satan

answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 1:10 Hast

not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all

that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,

and his substance is increased in the land.

1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he

will curse thee to thy face.

1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy

power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth

from the presence of the LORD.

1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating

and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 1:14 And there came

a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses

feeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took

them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the

sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The

fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and

the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell

thee.

1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The

Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have

carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the

sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy

sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest

brother's house: 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the

wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon

the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell

thee.

1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and

fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 1:21 And said, Naked came I

out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD

gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present

themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present

himself before the LORD.

2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan

answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and

from walking up and down in it.

2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,

that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright

man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth

fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy

him without cause.

2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all

that a man hath will he give for his life.

2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,

and he will curse thee to thy face.

2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but

save his life.

2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job

with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat

down among the ashes.

2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine

integrity? curse God, and die.

2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women

speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we

not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come

upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the

Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they

had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to

comfort him.

2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not,

they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his

mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven

nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief

was very great.

3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was

born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child

conceived.

3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above,

neither let the light shine upon it.

3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell

upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be

joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of

the months.

3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up

their mourning.

3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for

light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 3:10

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow

from mine eyes.

3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost

when I came out of the belly? 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or

why the breasts that I should suck? 3:13 For now should I have lain

still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate

places for themselves; 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled

their houses with silver: 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had

not been; as infants which never saw light.

3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at

rest.

3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the

oppressor.

3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his

master.

3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto

the bitter in soul; 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and

dig for it more than for hid treasures; 3:22 Which rejoice

exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 3:23 Why is

light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured

out like the waters.

3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that

which I was afraid of is come unto me.

3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet

trouble came.

4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 4:2 If we assay to

commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself

from speaking? 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast

strengthened the weak hands.

4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast

strengthened the feeble knees.

4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,

and thou art troubled.

4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the

uprightness of thy ways? 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever

perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap

the same.

4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils

are they consumed.

4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and

the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's

whelps are scattered abroad.

4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a

little thereof.

4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep

falleth on men, 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all

my bones to shake.

4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood

up: 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an

image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice,

saying, 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be

more pure than his maker? 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his

servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 4:19 How much less in

them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust,

which are crushed before the moth? 4:20 They are destroyed from

morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die,

even without wisdom.

5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of

the saints wilt thou turn? 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and

envy slayeth the silly one.

5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his

habitation.

5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the

gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the

thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth

trouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as

the sparks fly upward.

5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without

number: 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon

the fields: 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which

mourn may be exalted to safety.

5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands

cannot perform their enterprise.

5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of

the froward is carried headlong.

5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday

as in the night.

5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from

the hand of the mighty.

5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise

not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, and

bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall

no evil touch thee.

5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the

power of the sword.

5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt

thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be

afraid of the beasts of the earth.

5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the

beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and

thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine

offspring as the grass of the earth.

5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of

corn cometh in in his season.

5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it

for thy good.

6:1 But Job answered and said, 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly

weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 6:3 For now

it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are

swallowed up.

6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof

drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array

against me.

6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over

his fodder? 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or

is there any taste in the white of an egg? 6:7 The things that my

soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the

thing that I long for! 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy

me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 6:10 Then

should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let

him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end,

that I should prolong my life? 6:12 Is my strength the strength of

stones? or is my flesh of brass? 6:13 Is not my help in me? and is

wisdom driven quite from me? 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity

should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the

Almighty.

6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream

of brooks they pass away; 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the

ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 6:17 What time they wax warm, they

vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and

perish.

6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for

them.

6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither,

and were ashamed.

6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your

substance? 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me

from the hand of the mighty? 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my

tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is

desperate, which are as wind? 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless,

and ye dig a pit for your friend.

6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto

you if I lie.

6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my

righteousness is in it.

6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse

things? 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not

his days also like the days of an hireling? 7:2 As a servant

earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the

reward of his work: 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and

wearisome nights are appointed to me.

7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?

and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is

broken, and become loathsome.

7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without

hope.

7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes

are upon me, and I am not.

7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down

to the grave shall come up no more.

7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place

know him any more.

7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the

anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my

complaints; 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me

through visions: 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death

rather than my life.

7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days

are vanity.

7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou

shouldest set thine heart upon him? 7:18 And that thou shouldest

visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 7:19 How long wilt

thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my

spittle? 7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou

preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so

that I am a burden to myself? 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my

transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the

dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8:2 How long wilt thou

speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like

a strong wind? 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty

pervert justice? 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he

have cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seek

unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 If

thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and

make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly

increase.

8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself

to the search of their fathers: 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and

know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 8:10 Shall

not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their

heart? 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow

without water? 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut

down, it withereth before any other herb.

8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope

shall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall

be a spider's web.

8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall

hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his

garden.

8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of

stones.

8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying,

I have not seen thee.

8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall

others grow.

8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he

help the evil doers: 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and

thy lips with rejoicing.

8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling

place of the wicked shall come to nought.

9:1 Then Job answered and said, 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but

how should man be just with God? 9:3 If he will contend with him, he

cannot answer him one of a thousand.

9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened

himself against him, and hath prospered? 9:5 Which removeth the

mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof

tremble.

9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the

stars.

9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves

of the sea.

9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of

the south.

9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders

without number.

9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I

perceive him not.

9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto

him, What doest thou? 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the

proud helpers do stoop under him.

9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to

reason with him? 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not

answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe

that he had hearkened unto my voice.

9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds

without cause.

9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with

bitterness.

9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who

shall set me a time to plead? 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own

mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me

perverse.

9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would

despise my life.

9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect

and the wicked.

9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the

innocent.

9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the

faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 9:25 Now

my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that

hasteth to the prey.

9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my

heaviness, and comfort myself: 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I

know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 9:30 If I wash myself

with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 Yet shalt thou

plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we

should come together in judgment.

9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand

upon us both.

9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify

me: 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with

me.

10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon

myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou

contendest with me.

10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou

shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel

of the wicked? 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man

seeth? 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's

days, 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest

after my sin? 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is

none that can deliver out of thine hand.

10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about;

yet thou dost destroy me.

10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and

wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out

as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with

skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath

preserved my spirit.

10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this

is with thee.

10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from

mine iniquity.

10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I

not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine

affliction; 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:

and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine

indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh

that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 10:19 I should

have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from

the womb to the grave.

10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may

take comfort a little, 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return,

even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 10:22 A land of

darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any

order, and where the light is as darkness.

11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 11:2 Should not

the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be

justified? 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when

thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 11:4 For thou hast

said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 11:6

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are

double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less

than thine iniquity deserveth.

11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the

Almighty unto perfection? 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst

thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 11:9 The measure

thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can

hinder him? 11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also;

will he not then consider it? 11:12 For vain men would be wise,

though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward

him; 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not

wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou

shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:16 Because thou shalt forget

thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 11:17 And thine

age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou

shalt be as the morning.

11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt

dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,

many shall make suit unto thee.

11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not

escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

12:1 And Job answered and said, 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people,

and wisdom shall die with you.

12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to

you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 12:4 I am as one

mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:

the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in

the thought of him that is at ease.

12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are

secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls

of the air, and they shall tell thee: 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and

it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto

thee.

12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath

wrought this? 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,

and the breath of all mankind.

12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12:12

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and

understanding.

12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he

shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he

sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver

are his.

12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges

fools.

12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a

girdle.

12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the

understanding of the aged.

12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of

the mighty.

12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to

light the shadow of death.

12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the

nations, and straiteneth them again.

12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the

earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no

way.

12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to

stagger like a drunken man.

13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and

understood it.

13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto

you.

13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with

God.

13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your

wisdom.

13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 13:9 Is it

good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do

ye so mock him? 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly

accept persons.

13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall

upon you? 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to

bodies of clay.

13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on

me what will.

13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in

mine hand? 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I

will maintain mine own ways before him.

13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come

before him.

13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be

justified.

13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue,

I shall give up the ghost.

13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from

thee.

13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me

afraid.

13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer

thou me.

13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my

transgression and my sin.

13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue

the dry stubble? 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and

makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly

unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth

eaten.

14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as

a shadow, and continueth not.

14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me

into judgment with thee? 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an

unclean? not one.

14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with

thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6 Turn

from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling,

his day.

14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will

sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock

thereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will

bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,

and where is he? 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood

decayeth and drieth up: 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till

the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of

their sleep.

14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest

keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me

a set time, and remember me! 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again?

all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire

to the work of thine hands.

14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my

sin? 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up

mine iniquity.

14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock

is removed out of his place.

14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which

grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of

man.

14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou

changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are

brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him

shall mourn.

15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2 Should a wise

man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 15:3

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he

can do no good? 15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest

prayer before God.

15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the

tongue of the crafty.

15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips

testify against thee.

15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before

the hills? 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou

restrain wisdom to thyself? 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not?

what understandest thou, which is not in us? 15:10 With us are both

the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret

thing with thee? 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what

do thy eyes wink at, 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God,

and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 15:14 What is man, that

he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be

righteous? 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the

heavens are not clean in his sight.

15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh

iniquity like water? 15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which

I have seen I will declare; 15:18 Which wise men have told from their

fathers, and have not hid it: 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth was

given, and no stranger passed among them.

15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number

of years is hidden to the oppressor.

15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer

shall come upon him.

15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is

waited for of the sword.

15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth

that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail

against him, as a king ready to the battle.

15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth

himself against the Almighty.

15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of

his bucklers: 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and

maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man

inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,

neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his

branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall

be his recompence.

15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall

not be green.

15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast

off his flower as the olive.

15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire

shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly

prepareth deceit.

16:1 Then Job answered and said, 16:2 I have heard many such things:

miserable comforters are ye all.

16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou

answerest? 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my

soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head

at you.

16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my

lips should asswage your grief.

16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear,

what am I eased? 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made

desolate all my company.

16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against

me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me

with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me

upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together

against me.

16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into

the hands of the wicked.

16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken

me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins

asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like

a giant.

16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the

dust.

16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of

death; 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is

pure.

16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on

high.

16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for

his neighbour! 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the

way whence I shall not return.

17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready

for me.

17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in

their provocation? 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee;

who is he that will strike hands with me? 17:4 For thou hast hid

their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his

children shall fail.

17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was

as a tabret.

17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are

as a shadow.

17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall

stir up himself against the hypocrite.

17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean

hands shall be stronger and stronger.

17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot

find one wise man among you.

17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts

of my heart.

17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of

darkness.

17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the

darkness.

17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou

art my mother, and my sister.

17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest

together is in the dust.

18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2 How long will it

be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your

sight? 18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be

forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of

his fire shall not shine.

18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall

be put out with him.

18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own

counsel shall cast him down.

18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a

snare.

18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail

against him.

18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in

the way.

18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him

to his feet.

18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be

ready at his side.

18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of

death shall devour his strength.

18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it

shall bring him to the king of terrors.

18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:

brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch

be cut off.

18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have

no name in the street.

18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of

the world.

18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any

remaining in his dwellings.

18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they

that went before were affrighted.

18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the

place of him that knoweth not God.

19:1 Then Job answered and said, 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul,

and break me in pieces with words? 19:3 These ten times have ye

reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to

me.

19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with

myself.

19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead

against me my reproach: 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and

hath compassed me with his net.

19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but

there is no judgment.

19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set

darkness in my paths.

19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my

head.

19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope

hath he removed like a tree.

19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me

unto him as one of his enemies.

19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and

encamp round about my tabernacle.

19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are

verily estranged from me.

19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten

me.

19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a

stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him

with my mouth.

19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the

children's sake of mine own body.

19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against

me.

19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are

turned against me.

19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped

with the skin of my teeth.

19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the

hand of God hath touched me.

19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my

flesh? 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were

printed in a book! 19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and

lead in the rock for ever! 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth,

and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 And

though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I

see God: 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall

behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the

matter is found in me? 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath

bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a

judgment.

20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2 Therefore do

my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my

understanding causeth me to answer.

20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the

hypocrite but for a moment? 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to

the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shall

perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say,

Where is he? 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be

found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall

his place any more behold him.

20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall

restore their goods.

20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down

with him in the dust.

20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under

his tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it

still within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it

is the gall of asps within him.

20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:

God shall cast them out of his belly.

20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay

him.

20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and

butter.

20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not

swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be,

and he shall not rejoice therein.

20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he

hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20:20 Surely

he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that

which he desired.

20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man

look for his goods.

20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every

hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of

his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall

strike him through.

20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering

sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown

shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his

tabernacle.

20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise

up against him.

20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow

away in the day of his wrath.

20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage

appointed unto him by God.

21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and

let this be your consolations.

21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock

on.

21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should

not my spirit be troubled? 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay

your hand upon your mouth.

21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my

flesh.

21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in

power? 21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and

their offspring before their eyes.

21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon

them.

21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and

casteth not her calf.

21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their

children dance.

21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the

organ.

21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the

grave.

21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not

the knowledge of thy ways.

21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit

should we have, if we pray unto him? 21:16 Lo, their good is not in

their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh

their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm

carrieth away.

21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him,

and he shall know it.

21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the

wrath of the Almighty.

21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the

number of his months is cut off in the midst? 21:22 Shall any teach

God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with

marrow.

21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never

eateth with pleasure.

21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover

them.

21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye

wrongfully imagine against me.

21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the

dwelling places of the wicked? 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go

by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 21:30 That the wicked is

reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the

day of wrath.

21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him

what he hath done? 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and

shall remain in the tomb.

21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man

shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there

remaineth falsehood? 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and

said, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be

profitable unto himself? 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty,

that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy

ways perfect? 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he

enter with thee into judgment? 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and

thine iniquities infinite? 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy

brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast

withholden bread from the hungry.

22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable

man dwelt in it.

22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless

have been broken.

22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth

thee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of

waters cover thee.

22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the

stars, how high they are! 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know?

can he judge through the dark cloud? 22:14 Thick clouds are a

covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of

heaven.

22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown

with a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can

the Almighty do for them? 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good

things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them

to scorn.

22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them

the fire consumeth.

22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good

shall come unto thee.

22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his

words in thine heart.

22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou

shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as

the stones of the brooks.

22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have

plenty of silver.

22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt

lift up thy face unto God.

22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and

thou shalt pay thy vows.

22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto

thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting

up; and he shall save the humble person.

22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered

by the pureness of thine hands.

23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even to day is my complaint

bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to

his seat! 23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth

with arguments.

23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand

what he would say unto me.

23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would

put strength in me.

23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be

delivered for ever from my judge.

23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I

cannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I

cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot

see him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried

me, I shall come forth as gold.

23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not

declined.

23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I

have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul

desireth, even that he doeth.

23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many

such things are with him.

23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am

afraid of him.

23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he

covered the darkness from my face.

24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that

know him not see his days? 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they

violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's

ox for a pledge.

24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide

themselves together.

24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;

rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and

for their children.

24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the

vintage of the wicked.

24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no

covering in the cold.

24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the

rock for want of a shelter.

24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of

the poor.

24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away

the sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make oil within their walls,

and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded

crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not

the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy,

and in the night is as a thief.

24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying,

No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for

themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one

know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth:

he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave

those which have sinned.

24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him;

he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a

tree.

24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not

good to the widow.

24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no

man is sure of life.

24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet

his eyes are upon their ways.

24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought

low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the

tops of the ears of corn.

24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my

speech nothing worth? 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and

said, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high

places.

25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his

light arise? 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can

he be clean that is born of a woman? 25:5 Behold even to the moon,

and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a

worm? 26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2 How hast thou helped him

that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast

thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 26:4 To whom hast thou

uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 26:5 Dead things are

formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the

earth upon nothing.

26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is

not rent under them.

26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud

upon it.

26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and

night come to an end.

26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he

smiteth through the proud.

26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath

formed the crooked serpent.

26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is

heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? 27:1

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:2 As God liveth, who

hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my

nostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter

deceit.

27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not

remove mine integrity from me.

27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart

shall not reproach me so long as I live.

27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me

as the unrighteous.

27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,

when God taketh away his soul? 27:9 Will God hear his cry when

trouble cometh upon him? 27:10 Will he delight himself in the

Almighty? will he always call upon God? 27:11 I will teach you by the

hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus

altogether vain? 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God,

and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the

Almighty.

27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his

offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his

widows shall not weep.

27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the

clay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the

innocent shall divide the silver.

27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper

maketh.

27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he

openeth his eyes, and he is not.

27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away

in the night.

27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a

storm hurleth him out of his place.

27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee

out of his hand.

27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his

place.

28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where

they fine it.

28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the

stone.

28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection:

the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters

forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned

up as it were fire.

28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of

gold.

28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's

eye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the

fierce lion passed by it.

28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the

mountains by the roots.

28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every

precious thing.

28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is

hid bringeth he forth to light.

28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of

understanding? 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it

found in the land of the living.

28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not

with me.

28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed

for the price thereof.

28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious

onyx, or the sapphire.

28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it

shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price

of wisdom is above rubies.

28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be

valued with pure gold.

28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of

understanding? 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,

and kept close from the fowls of the air.

28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with

our ears.

28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place

thereof.

28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the

whole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth

the waters by measure.

28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning

of the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared

it, yea, and searched it out.

28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is

wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 29:2 Oh that I were

as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 29:3 When his

candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through

darkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of

God was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me,

when my children were about me; 29:6 When I washed my steps with

butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 29:7 When I went out

to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and

stood up.

29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their

mouth.

29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the

roof of their mouth.

29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw

me, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that

cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I

caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a

robe and a diadem.

29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I

searched out.

29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of

his teeth.

29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my

days as the sand.

29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night

upon my branch.

29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my

counsel.

29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon

them.

29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their

mouth wide as for the latter rain.

29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my

countenance they cast not down.

29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the

army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose

fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom

old age was perished? 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary;

fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their

meat.

30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as

after a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves

of the earth, and in the rocks.

30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were

gathered together.

30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were

viler than the earth.

30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in

my face.

30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also

let loose the bridle before me.

30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and

they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no

helper.

30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the

desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and

my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction

have taken hold upon me.

30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews

take no rest.

30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it

bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and

ashes.

30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou

regardest me not.

30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest

thyself against me.

30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,

and dissolvest my substance.

30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house

appointed for all living.

30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though

they cry in his destruction.

30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul

grieved for the poor? 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came

unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction

prevented me.

30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the

congregation.

30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice

of them that weep.

31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a

maid? 31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what

inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 31:3 Is not destruction to

the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 31:4

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 31:5 If I have

walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 31:6 Let me

be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked

after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 31:8 Then

let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid

wait at my neighbour's door; 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto

another, and let others bow down upon her.

31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be

punished by the judges.

31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root

out all mine increase.

31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my

maidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I do

when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one

fashion us in the womb? 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their

desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or have

eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten

thereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a

father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I have

seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with

the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the

fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine arm

fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of

his highness I could not endure.

31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou

art my confidence; 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and

because mine hand had gotten much; 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it

shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 31:27 And my heart hath

been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28 This

also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have

denied the God that is above.

31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted

up myself when evil found him: 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth

to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his

flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors

to the traveller.

31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity

in my bosom: 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt

of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the

door? 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the

Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown

to me.

31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince

would I go near unto him.

31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof

complain; 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or

have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40 Let thistles

grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.

The words of Job are ended.

32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous

in his own eyes.

32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the

Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled,

because he justified himself rather than God.

32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because

they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder

than he.

32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these

three men, then his wrath was kindled.

32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am

young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew

you mine opinion.

32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach

wisdom.

32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty

giveth them understanding.

32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand

judgment.

32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons,

whilst ye searched out what to say.

32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you

that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye should

say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I

answer him with your speeches.

32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and

answered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also

will shew mine opinion.

32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to

burst like new bottles.

32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and

answer.

32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me

give flattering titles unto man.

32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker

would soon take me away.

33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all

my words.

33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my

mouth.

33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips

shall utter knowledge clearly.

33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty

hath given me life.

33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand

up.

33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am

formed out of the clay.

33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my

hand be heavy upon thee.

33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the

voice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I

am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his

enemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my

paths.

33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God

is greater than man.

33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of

any of his matters.

33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth

upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the ears

of men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw man

from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from

perishing by the sword.

33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude

of his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread,

and his soul dainty meat.

33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his

bones that were not seen stick out.

33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the

destroyers.

33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a

thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is gracious

unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have

found a ransom.

33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to

the days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be

favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will

render unto man his righteousness.

33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and

perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He will

deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the

light.

33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 To

bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of

the living.

33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will

speak.

33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to

justify thee.

33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee

wisdom.

34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O ye

wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is

good.

34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my

judgment.

34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without

transgression.

34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with

wicked men.

34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should

delight himself with God.

34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it

from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he

should commit iniquity.

34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every

man to find according to his ways.

34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty

pervert judgment.

34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed

the whole world? 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather

unto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perish

together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice

of my words.

34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn

him that is most just? 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art

wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 34:19 How much less to him

that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more

than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at

midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without

hand.

34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his

goings.

34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of

iniquity may hide themselves.

34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should

enter into judgment with God.

34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set

others in their stead.

34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the

night, so that they are destroyed.

34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of

his ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto

him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he

hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a

nation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not,

lest the people be ensnared.

34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne

chastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see not

teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it,

whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore

speak what thou knowest.

34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken

unto me.

34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without

wisdom.

34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his

answers for wicked men.

34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands

among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be

right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 35:3

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit

shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 35:4 I will answer thee,

and thy companions with thee.

35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are

higher than thou.

35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy

transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 35:7 If thou

be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine

hand? 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy

righteousness may profit the son of man.

35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed

to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the

night; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and

maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 35:12 There they cry, but

none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty

regard it.

35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is

before him; therefore trust thou in him.

35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet

he knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job open

his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I

will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe

righteousness to my Maker.

36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in

knowledge is with thee.

36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in

strength and wisdom.

36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the

poor.

36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings

are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they

are exalted.

36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of

affliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their

transgressions that they have exceeded.

36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that

they return from iniquity.

36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in

prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they

shall die without knowledge.

36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he

bindeth them.

36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears

in oppression.

36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a

broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be

set on thy table should be full of fatness.

36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and

justice take hold on thee.

36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his

stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of

strength.

36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather

than affliction.

36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 36:23

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought

iniquity? 36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men

behold.

36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the

number of his years be searched out.

36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain

according to the vapour thereof: 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and

distil upon man abundantly.

36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the

noise of his tabernacle? 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon

it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to

shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also

concerning the vapour.

37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth

out of his mouth.

37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto

the ends of the earth.

37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his

excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth

he, which we cannot comprehend.

37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the

small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his

work.

37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the

waters is straitened.

37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his

bright cloud: 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that

they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world

in the earth.

37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land,

or for mercy.

37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous

works of God.

37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of

his cloud to shine? 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the

clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the

south wind? 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is

strong, and as a molten looking glass? 37:19 Teach us what we shall

say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he

shall be swallowed up.

37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but

the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible

majesty.

37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent

in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not

afflict.

37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise

of heart.

38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38:2

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 38:3

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and

answer thou me.

38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

declare, if thou hast understanding.

38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath

stretched the line upon it? 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations

thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 38:7 When the

morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it

had issued out of the womb? 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment

thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38:10 And brake up

for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 38:11 And said,

Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud

waves be stayed? 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy

days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 38:13 That it might

take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken

out of it? 38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as

a garment.

38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm

shall be broken.

38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou

walked in the search of the depth? 38:17 Have the gates of death been

opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou

knowest it all.

38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,

where is the place thereof, 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the

bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house

thereof? 38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or

because the number of thy days is great? 38:22 Hast thou entered into

the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the

hail, 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against

the day of battle and war? 38:24 By what way is the light parted,

which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 38:25 Who hath divided

a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the

lightning of thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no

man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 38:27 To satisfy

the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb

to spring forth? 38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten

the drops of dew? 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary

frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 38:30 The waters are hid as

with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.